Clashes between Syrian Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian militias could be one of the biggest potential problems in Syria as the country grapples with life after dictator Bashar Assad.

He says that for years Kurdish leaders' calls to Western nations for the repatriation of jihadists went unheeded and now their warnings have come to fruition.

The UAVs had been loaned by Israel to the Turkish military for use against Kurdish "rebel" bases in northern Iraq and had radically turned the tide of their operation. At the same time ...

Kurdish US-allies halting anti-ISIS operations in Syria because of threat from Turkey-backed rebels, SDF commander warns General Abdi Mazloum, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic ...

Gen. Mazlum Kobani, commander of Kurdish forces in Syria, said recent decisions by the U.S. in Syria potentially “leaves a vacuum” that ISIS could take advantage of. By Eve Sampson The ...

LONDON (AP) — British police have charged six people with belonging to a banned Kurdish militant group, the PKK. London’s Metropolitan Police force said the suspects were due in court for an ...

US backed Syrian Kurds sitting on pickup trucks and driving through the city of Deir el-Zor as residents look on. Credit: Social Media. Mitt Romney’s Complicated Political Career Comes to an End ...

Ankara said Cekik was an important local leader of the Syrian Kurdish People's Defence Units (YPG), which it sees as an offshoot of the PKK, which has led a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Syrian rebels are attacking Kurdish-held areas in the country’s north-west as the Islamists’ shock ...

The Syrian National Army (SNA) is a loosely knit coalition of Turkish-backed forces that has also taken part in the latest fighting, primarily against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

It had met little resistance as both Syrian and Russian forces had made “a tactical withdrawal in preparation of a counter offensive.” At the same time, it was reported that the Kurdish-led Syrian ...