Former president Bashar Al Assad was toppled by rebels last December. Syrians were marking the anniversary of his fall across ...

Syria’s Kurdish minority say peace talks with Turkey and the PKK, which has seen the group disarm, have had ’a positive ...

Contrary to popular belief, the concept of the nation state does not mean a state established by a single dominant cultural ...

The PKK has demanded the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison as a precursor to peace talks—but doing so would lead to a national crisis in Turkey.

In a turn few in Washington would have […] ...

Language is one of the most powerful tools humans possess. It can unite communities, promote understanding, and foster ...

It's a conflict that has raged for 40 years – and cost the lives of 40,000 people – but could now be coming to an end. Since the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group announced its dissolution ...

Mazloum Abdi confirmed written communication with Öcalan and contact with Ankara, expressing the SDF’s intention to deepen ...

As Damascus enters the US-led coalition against ISIS, its relationship with Syria’s Kurds, America’s longstanding ally, ...

On November 19, the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled near Maadan, Syria. While the two factions have not entered into full-blown conflict, tensions between them are rising as ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — The main drag in Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish city, is – in a word – alive. Vendors slice open bright pink watermelons. An elderly man stirs a pot of sherbet, a sweet, ...