Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
Syria: Breakthrough deal with Kurds shifts regional alliances
A ceasefire between Syria's Kurds and the government in Damascus ends hostilities and grants first-time rights to the ...
US nudged Kurds towards Damascus deal as troop presence comes into focus
The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in ...
Kurdish-led SDF to merge with Syrian state institutions in landmark deal
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to ...
US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say
The deal would allow Kurdish-led forces which hold a quarter of Syria to merge with Damascus, along with regional Kurdish ...
Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...
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While Calm Reigns in Damascus, Battles in Syria’s Northeast Rage On
The fight there pits two opposing militias against each other — the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the United States, and a predominantly Syrian Arab militia supported by Turkey.
Syrian Kurdish commander demands accountability for those behind mass killings
The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria said the country's interim president must hold the perpetrators of communal ...
Syrian government signs breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led forces
The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...
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Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups
Relations have also suffered because of the United States’ close relationship with Kurdish groups—the United States continues to supply arms to Peshmerga troops fighting the Islamic State in ...
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Syria’s new government strikes deal to integrate powerful Kurdish rival in landmark agreement
US President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of the remaining US troops from northern Syria – a move that paralyzed the fight against ISIS and ceded US and Kurdish battlefield gains to ...