U.S.-backed forces now have Islamic State (IS) militants surrounded in central Raqqa, a Syrian Kurdish commander said, but he predicted that driving the militants out could take up to four months.

ACCORDING TO ONE legend, the Kurds are descended from 400 virgins who were raped by devils on the way to King Solomon's court. Fatah Kavian, a member of the central committee of the anti-Khomeini ...

Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay ...

Analysts are divided over whether recent statements and U.S. troop movements on the ground are a prelude to a complete ...

A government spokesperson this week stopped short of denying reports of secret talks between Ankara and the Pentagon-backed ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

"We hold the Syrian president directly responsible for every threat and firing at the State of Israel," said Israel Katz.

Freed prisoners sit inside a bus following their release during a prisoner exchange between Syrian authorities and the ...

Though the museum bears Barzani’s name, it also honours a wider pantheon of figures who contributed to the Kurdish cause ...

The bombings mark a sharp escalation by the armed group, which views the new government in Damascus as illegitimate.

Israel struck Syria's Latakia, targeting missile sites it said threatened navigation. First attack in a month amid indirect ...

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two Sunni powerhouses that have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years. But since the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad in a ...