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‘The times are changing’: Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
Syrian president signs deal with Kurds, grapples with sectarian killings
The agreement was signed by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian ...
What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...
The US turns away, Turkey barely holds back: Syrian Kurds "surrendered" to Damascus
The Syrian Transitional Government has reached a rather unexpected agreement with the Kurdish armed groups of the Arab ...
US steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in ...
What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences
Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...
Syrian surprise deal with Kurds creates ripples felt near and far
It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...
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Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups
If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
“People were killed who had nothing to do with anything.” Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a cease-fire and the merging of ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a ceasefire and the merging of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the ...