The changes on the ground are part of a January 30 deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. Syrian security forces have continued to move into areas in the ...

BEHIND THE LINES: The arrival of Syrian forces to Qamishli sets the seal on the effective demise of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). Elements of the Syrian ...

Under a ceasefire agreement with the Kurdish-led SDF, Syrian government troops have entered Kurdish strongholds, with the stated goal of facilitating Kurds' integration. But the situation is volatile, ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - President Masoud Barzani on Monday met with a senior delegation from Syria’s Kurdish opposition umbrella group, the Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC), in Erbil to discuss ...

Western governments are cheering a deal between Syria’s government and its Kurdish minority. It could spell the end of a remarkable experiment in democracy. The death of a democratic dream? Syrian ...

Without an examination of the Kurds’ role in the region, it is impossible to comprehend the rapidly evolving geopolitical dynamics of the Middle East. It is the distinctive character of Kurdish women ...

Image — Protesters wave Kurdistan flags during a demonstration in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah on 22 January 2026. Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images. Dramatic changes ...

The only way to topple the Iranian regime is from within, and the key to doing so lies within an Israeli-Kurdish alliance, “Kurds Without Borders” head Kader Piri said in a Wednesday interview with ...

On January 6, Israeli and Syrian leaders met in Paris for US-sponsored talks which saw Syria’s Islamist president Ahmed al-Sharaa reach a tentative agreement aimed at a lasting security accord with ...

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Islamist work, memoirs of ex-al Qaeda figure among books on display Organiser says all books allowed, but cites some exceptions Kurdish books were hidden, read in secret under Assad DAMASCUS, Feb 12 ...

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