The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Syria’s future depends on a historic undertaking: facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in a country ...

Sheikh's excitement at returning to his homeland from neighbouring Turkey after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has turned to ...

ANKARA - Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to ...

Turkey didn’t orchestrate Assad’s fall, but it’s certainly cashing in on the aftermath. Now, it wants to mould Syria in its ...

If politicians want to see a stable and secure Syria, they should use the UK’s levers and influence to give Syrians the best ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

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 the post-Assad transition ...

Turkey, a key ally of Syria’s new administration, is pushing for the disbandment of Kurdish militias near its border while supporting anti-SDF fighters. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

ANKARA - Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a first meeting on the issue in Jordan, Turkish Foreign Minister ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hailed a European Union decision to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, in a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel ...