Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...

In Syria, there's been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state.

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 21, 2018, a youth holds a flag with the image of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP ...

The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria said the country's interim president must hold the perpetrators of communal ...

The Kurdish rebels signed a deal on Monday to merge with the Syrian army, and in return, they are promised full rights as Syrian citizens. NPR's Jane Arraf reports. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: For many ...

The deal to integrate the SDF into the new Syrian state could placate Turkey. The SDF and the Turkish-backed Syrian National ...

After a 40-year conflict with Turkey that has killed 40,000 people, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, declared a ceasefire on Saturday following a call from its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, ...