Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish ...

A new report finds ongoing trauma affects survivors of a 1988 chemical weapons attack on Kurdish Iraqis in Halabja and nearby ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new ...

The Syrian military has announced a new four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after a previous agreement fell through.

Syria on Wednesday accused Kurdish-led forces of breaching a ceasefire after seven soldiers were killed in a strike, while ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump discussed guaranteeing Kurdish rights in a phone call on ...

Ceasefire would merge ⁠all SDF forces into the defence and interior ministries ​after security checks, document shows ...

US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees ...

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The US president does not rule out military action in Iran, as Tehran temporarily shuts its airspace to nearly all flights.