Amid massacre of Alawites in Syria, Islamist HTS regime and Kurdish SDF reach agreement
The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...
Syria integration deal with Kurds brings relief after days of bitter violence wracks war-torn country
The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into the ...
Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five ...
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More than 200 dead in Syria amid clashes between Assad loyalists and government forces
Syrian Democratic Forces: Rebels with a cause Overnight ... more fearful of the new government — and more prone to take up arms, Mr. Waters said. "We’ve had enough of long periods of wars ...
Syria’s new government strikes deal to integrate powerful Kurdish rival in landmark agreement
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to ...
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‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
The main Kurdish-led force in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces ... leader Abdullah Ocalan for his followers to lay down their arms. But Syria’s Kurds say that while they respect Mr. Ocalan ...
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Islamic State loses ground on fronts in Syria, Iraq
The campaign by a U.S.-backed alliance called the Syria Democratic Forces is the most ambitious so far ... The frontier has been used for years by Islamic State as their main supply route for arms and ...
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
Opinion
Syria shows dangerous signs of Iraq’s post-Saddam chaos
Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.
Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group
Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...
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Syrian Kurdish commander demands accountability for those behind mass killings
The head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, said in written comments to Reuters that Ahmed al-Sharaa must intervene to halt "massacres", adding factions "supported by Turkey and ...