Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities ...

Here's a primer on Syria's main Kurdish groups and their PKK ties. After the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, a Kurdish armed group - the People's Protection Units (YPG) - established control ...

QAMISHLI, Syria March 9 (Reuters) - The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria said on Sunday the country's interim president must hold the perpetrators of communal violence in Syria's coastal ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms and disband, and their group declared a cease-fire. By Ben Hubbard and ...

(CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip Syria’s coastal region. By Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward Christina ...

ISTANBUL — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has ...

The Iraqi parliament recently passed a law to return occupied Kurdish and Turkmen lands. However, over the weekend, Kurdish farmers in Kirkuk were stopped by the Iraqi army while trying to work on ...