SDC maps path to decentralized future as Assad's fall creates delicate balance between Turkish threats and Islamist forces ...

After more than fifty years of iron-fisted rule, the Assad regime in Syria was finally overthrown a few weeks ago. Leading ...

The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar ...

PKK Would Leave Syria if Kurdish Forces Keep Leadership Role, Official Says (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic ...

Indeed, a February 2023 Defense Department memo reminded troops that the flag should never be carried flat or horizontally at any time. Now, the Pentagon is tossing that restriction. According to ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The mayor of one of Turkey’s opposition strongholds was arrested Monday as part of a bid-rigging investigation, prosecutors in Istanbul said. Riza Akpolat, who heads Besiktas ...

Turkey’s interests often clash with those of the SDF, given the group’s ties to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which Turkey views as a terrorist organization. Turkey-backed militias, operating ...

VOA Kurdish Service discussed this issue with three experts who emphasized threats from Turkey and the need for the U.S. to maintain influence to help minority communities. Click here for the full ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a “a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025, while ...

At least 101 fighters have been killed in northern Syria over the past two days amid fighting between Turkish-backed forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to a war monitor. The Syrian ...