Syrian government forces have seized swathes of territory from Kurdish forces in the north of the country, effectively ...

Syria’s tribes, sensing it was time to split from the Kurds and ally with Syria’s government, mobilised. That spelled the end ...

As Gov. Ron DeSantis’ final legislative session at the helm of Florida began on Tuesday, he spent most of his time looking back.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Syria’s military mobilised for an offensive in Aleppo after heavy clashes with a powerful Kurdish-led armed ...

Syrian government officials have held talks with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force in the country over plans to merge it with the national army, state media reported, adding that no ...

Clashes erupted between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters on Monday (December 22, 2025) as top Turkish officials visited Damascus ahead of a deadline to implement a deal between the ...

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to de-escalate fighting in the northern city of Aleppo late on Monday, after a wave of exchanges that both sides ...

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The United States inaugurated a massive new consulate compound Wednesday in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region. Judge refuses to block new DHS ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...