The situation escalated as stick-wielding government loyalists chanted inflammatory slogans against Sunni Kurds, whose ...

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Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

Syria's new authorities struck a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led administration into state institutions, as they push to extend their authority across the country while offering recognition for ...

Key provisions include ‘integration of all civil and military organisations in northeast BEIRUT: Syria’s new authorities struck a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led administration into state ...

The mostly ethnic Kurdish revelers in the northeastern city Qamishli chanted “One, one, one — the Syrian people are one,” as cars drove by honking in celebration following Monday night’s ...

The SDF is a Kurdish-led multi-ethnic militia that serves as the de facto army and protectors of Rojava, which declared its autonomy from former Syrian president Bashar-al Assad's regime in 2012.