Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

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Syrian army forces repelled an attack by the terrorist YPG/PKK-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Aleppo city in northern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. "Our units were able to ...

Tensions are escalating in Syria's southern province of Suwayda between local Druze residents and the Sunni-led central government, as the latter seeks to assert its authority in the Druze ...

Kurdish forces consist of the Kurdish Syrian People's Protection Unit (YPG), who are at the core of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. According to Ozcelik, the YPG is organically ...

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.

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara views as an extension of the PKK, has said Ocalan's message does not apply to them. The YPG is the spearhead of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a ...

The SDF -- the bulk of which is made up of the Kurdish YPG -- spearheaded the fight that ousted Islamic State extremists from Syria in 2019, and is seen by much of the West as crucial to ...

Turkey Continues Operations on PKK in Iraq, Syria Despite Ocalan Call ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's armed forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the week since jailed militant ...

Türkiye has been conducting cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria to target the hideouts of the PKK and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Türkiye sees as the PKK's Syrian ...