including Kurdish forces, to integrate into the national army. The People’s Protection Units (YPG), a key faction within the SDF, had pushed for the creation of special units within the military as a ...

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 conflict with ...

Children of ISIS terrorists in detention camps in northeast Syria have been observed making beheading gestures, shouting ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) shakes the hand of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief ...

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The agreement to integrate the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF ... but should feel like they are a special part of a greater prosperity by benefiting from equal opportunities,” he said. The SDF is a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Israeli military on Thursday launched fresh airstrikes on Syria despite international ...

The SDC is the political leadership of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which signed a deal with the Damascus ...

"The agreement is a significant step towards unity, While challenges remain, the commitment of both parties to dialogue is ...

A Kurdish militant group who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire today, two days after their jailed leader called for the group to disarm from his prison island.

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party known as PKK, sent a letter calling for the group to disarm and dissolve to make peace with Turkey. "I am making ...

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 ...