Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to de-escalate fighting in the northern city of Aleppo late on Monday, after a wave of exchanges that both sides ...

Pact foresaw integration of SDF forces by year-end Syria, SDF, US accelerated talks in recent days Damascus open to SDF reorganization, sources say Forces could form three divisions, open up territory ...

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh ...

A separatist Kurdish militant group announced the withdrawal of its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, the latest step in a peace process to end its 40-year war for autonomy against Ankara. The PKK, ...

Cannonballs (Gülleler), a 2019 work by Fatoş Irwen made with hair (Kayhan Kaygusuz/Arter) From 2017 to 2020, artist Fatoş İrwen was jailed in Diyarbakır, her birthplace in the Kurdish-majority region ...

A cautious calm spread Tuesday in neighborhoods of Aleppo in northern Syria after overnight clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters. The violence came as tensions grow between the ...

Kurdish-Druze solidarity is growing in post-Assad Syria as Sweida experiences a humanitarian crisis. The Kurdish Red Crescent sent aid to thousands of Druze families in Syria’s southern province of ...

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Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani meets with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al Araji on July 9. (KRG President’s Office) For two weeks, drones have increasingly targeted ...