The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group has welcomed Syria as its 90th member. Representatives from Syria — ...

Syria's government is trying to forcefully absorb a Syrian Kurdish paramilitary group that once controlled much of the country's northeast. The fight ultimately comes down to a clash about Syria's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As part of its plan to unify the country following 14 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian government announced it had reached a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa and recent ...

The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish women around the world are flooding social media with videos of themselves braiding their hair in a symbolic act of protest. The campaign responds to disturbing ...

Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the ⁠SDF denied this, in an incident that threatens to derail a ...

Ever since former dictator Bashar al-Assad was rushed out of Damascus as his hollowed-out dynastic regime collapsed in December 2024, Syria has existed somewhere between hope and anguish. On the one ...

The Save the Kurds Act calls for snapback sanctions if the Syrian regime recommences attacks on Kurds and demands that HTS be redesignated as a terrorist organization The Save the Kurds Act was ...

The government’s move to assert control over areas under Kurdish rule is a major test for President Ahmed al-Sharaa as fresh clashes erupted. By Christina Goldbaum President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria ...

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to Iraq The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, ...

The options for the sdf are bleak. Its units are to be dismantled and its fighters integrated into the Syrian army; there will be no Kurdish-majority units. The autonomous administration built during ...