QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria’s north, and Damascus ruled by a group friendly to Ankara, Syria’s main Kurdish factions are ...
Kurdish forces in northern Syria face pressure from Turkish-backed groups and the new Damascus government, jeopardizing their autonomy. A recent Turkish-backed offensive seized key Kurdish areas ...
Turkey-backed forces are aiming to capture more territory in northern Syria from Kurdish groups, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter, a move that could stir tensions with the US.
U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces say they have come under fresh attack in several places by a Turkish-backed militia, even as Washington seeks a lasting cease-fire. By Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt ...
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday proposed a "demilitarised zone" in the northern town of Kobane as fighting with Turkish-backed groups ...
The top commander of Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has warned that the country could be headed towards another round of a “bloody civil war” if the Turkey-HTS combine continues its attacks.
The forces include militia fighters, Turkish uniformed commandos and artillery in large numbers that are concentrated near Kobani, a Kurdish-majority city in Syria on the northern border with ...
But the peril is not over for Syria’s Kurdish minority. A number of armed factions are still jostling for control after the collapse of the Assad regime. They include the Kurdish-led Syrian ...
Fighters of Turkish-supported forces are positioned on the Buwayhij-Boughaz-Korhoyuk front on the outskirts of Manbij in northeastern Syria as they fight with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ...
Kurdish military forces are a critical US ally in northern Syria. They played a key role in the fight against the Islamic State. Turkey said Syria’s new rebel government agrees with Ankara on ...
Matin, a 25-year-old Kurdish migrant, said that "a guy came with a shotgun and showered us with bullets". When we asked if anything had provoked the attack, he said he did not know any reason.
JERUSALEM – President-elect Trump could be the key factor in stopping the reported Turkish destruction of the pro-U.S. Syrian Kurdish community, Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired ...