The SDF, which controls the oil-rich northeast, seeks broader autonomy and recognition of Kurdish rights -- goals that clash with the new government's drive for a unified central state. Disputes over ...

On November 19, the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled near Maadan, Syria. While the two factions ...

As long as Turkey and Qatar continue interfering in Syria’s internal affairs, the threat against minorities, including the ...

Kurdish forces killed two Syrian soldiers in overnight clashes in the country's northeast, the defence ministry said Thursday, with the Kurds saying they were targeting positions used by the Islamic ...

Syria’s defence ministry says two of its soldiers were killed by the SDF in northeast Syria, as the Kurdish-led forces said ...

Cengiz Çandar, a senior figure in the pro-Kurdish DEM Party who attended a regional forum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region ...

The new government faces urgent challenges: a severe water crisis due to drought and upstream dams, weak public finances tied ...

Since the end of World War 2, the United States has engaged in a number of military operations across the globe, each with ...

While the new Damascus-based government has asserted control over most Syrian territory, the SDF still controls the country’s ...

While army influence was previously exercised informally over its sister institutions, it has now been enshrined in law.

By bnm Baghdad bureau Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government has dissolved Unit 80 military forces, which will operate as First ...

The move follows the group's announcement in late October that it had withdrawn all remaining units from within Turkey’s ...