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US and Turkish officials tell Syrian Democratic Forces to stop dragging their feet and join Damascus government within weeks ...
Barrack suggested that Israel would prefer to see Syria fragmented and divided rather than a strong central state in control ...
A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...
Israel's escalation in Syria, which awkwardly coincides with U.S. efforts to lift sanctions and establish unified military control over Syrian territory, places the Trump administration in a tight ...
In Syria, violence continued between rival factions even after a ceasefire deal. Government troops withdrew overnight from a ...
An eruption of violence in Syria this week entangled government forces, Bedouin tribes, the Druze religious minority and ...
The Kurds led the fight against ISIS in Syria. Now, as America considers its withdrawal, these U.S. allies face an existential threat from their neighbors.
QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...
In Syria, near the start of the civil war, around 2012, the forces of now-deposed dictator Assad, withdrew from Kurdish-majority areas in northeastern and eastern Syria without much of a fight.
Across the border in Syria, an offshoot militia, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, has been active since 2004. The militia, known as the Y.P.G., has long sought to form an autonomous state ...
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon.
BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. envoy doubled down on Washington’s support for Syria’s new government, saying Monday there is “no Plan B ...