Kurdish controlled syria

Historic Kurdish conference paves way for unity in Syria  - analysis

Kurdish parties in eastern Syria united to push for a decentralized, democratic Syria. They seek integration with Damascus after years of division and conflict.

 Syrian Kurds make the peace sign as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms in Hasakah, Syria February 27, 2025.
Turkish Kurds watch smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014. A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters wh

Israel should not gamble on the Kurds, our strategy should be based in reality - opinion

A burnt vehicle is pictured after, what medical and security sources say, was targeted by a Turkish drone strike in the village of Tal Shaeer, Syria June 20, 2023.

Two journalists killed in Syria, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey says

 A group of U.S. Soldiers observe Turkish military forces on the other side of the demarcation line outside Manbij, Syria, August 11, 2018.

Syrian rebels enter northern city of Manbij, Turkish source says


Syrian Kurdish forces release 50 Islamic State detainees

The agreement was reached between the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and local tribal leaders

 Members of the Kurdish internal security forces (Asayish) patrol a street in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria February 7, 2024.

Islamic State resurgence concerns US-coalition forces in Iraq, Syria - report

IS is acquiring forces in the North Arabian Desert, and is training recruits to become suicide bombers, to attack allied troops.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Syrian tribal forces seize US-Kurdish backed villages, capture coalition soldiers - report

The incident marks the largest tribesman attack on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sites since the start of the Arab tribal rebellion in 2023. 

 A Coalition convoy of US led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, November 22, 2018

Turkey reaches out to Syria as Damascus courts Amman - analysis

Turkey wants to normalize ties with Syria, but in order to do this it needs to see Damascus cater to some of Ankara’s demands.

 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018

Turkish, Syrian foreign ministers' meeting looms ahead of elections

The discontent in Turkey over the nearly 4 million Syrian refugees has been a source of domestic pressure on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

 TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.

Four Turkish troops wounded in attacks in Syria, Ankara says

Turkey has carried out several cross-border military incursions into northern Syria in recent years and has dozens of bases there.

 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018

US Congress defeated a Syria withdrawal vote – for now - Analysis

The bill was voted down by 321-103 showing that there are scores of politicians in Congress who are skeptical of the US’s continued role in Syria

A US military vehicle is pictured behind the Turkish border walls during a joint US-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, 2019

Aid convoy successfully reaches rebel-held northwest Syria

After previous attempts to send aid have been blocked, an aid convoy has made it to earthquake-ravaged northwestern Syria.

 Syria earthquake damage

As Turkey gears up for Syria, Iraq invasion, can the US stop them? - analysis

Ankara’s threats are not new. It has been threatening and carrying out invasions of Syria, often targeting Kurdish areas, routinely since 2016.

Turkish soldiers stand on top of tanks near the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 15, 2019

Foreigners repatriated from Syrian Islamic State camps reach record high

More than 10,000 foreign women and children still remain in the Al-Hol and Roj camps.

CHILDREN FROM THE Yazidi community, who were recently freed after being captured by Islamic State fighters, ride on a back of a truck near Baghouz, Syria, earlier this week

US-backed Kurds tighten siege of Syrian army-run enclaves in northeast

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they took over about 10 government offices ranging from the local finance, grains and education branches in a zone in the heart of the city of Qamishli.

 A convoy of US military vehicles moves in the village of Khirbet Amo, near Qamishli, Syria February 12, 2020.