New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State ...

A U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria kills al Qaeda leader Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, linked to the deaths of three Americans.

With SDF fighters now cornered in Hassakeh province, this latest victory by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa could mark the ...

During the Syrian civil war, the United States used the SDF as its primary proxy: the boots on the ground for the fight ...

Explore the new decree by Syria's government recognizing Kurdish language and citizenship rights after recent conflicts.

However, the SDF was led by the main Kurdish fighting force in Syria, the People’s Protection Units, known as the YPG. The ...

Turkey’s military and political backing of Damascus has proven decisive in strengthening the Syrian government’s hand against ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks. Over the ...

Deir al-Zour has been described as the most heavily damaged city in Syria by U.N.-Habitat. Traffic weaves past craters and ...

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Syria’s government said Sunday that it had signed a “ceasefire and full integration” agreement with a powerful Kurdish-led ...

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.