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For Syria's Kurds, dream of autonomy fades under Damascus deal
At a military base in northeast Syria, Roksan Mohammed recalled joining the battle against Islamic State group jihadists. "We ...
The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
Kurdish forces suffered a major setback as the Damascus government seized northeast Syria and cemented its partnership with Washington — yet Kurdish cross-border solidarity has been renewed.
Syria’s Interior Ministry issued Decision 1944 on Friday, detailing procedures under Presidential Decree 13 to grant ...
The Kurdish inhabitants of Aleppo were forcibly displaced by jihadist forces in January 2026. The image used with permission from Ronahi TV. The author thanks Ronahi TV for granting permission to use ...
The US is seen with growing suspicion within Kurdish communities and elites, which is changing political calculations.
The assault that culminated in the surrender of Kurdish sovereignty was not solely Syrian. It was engineered regionally, with Turkey as a dominant architect and beneficiary. And US Amb. to Turkey, Tom ...
The Middle East’s Kurds are being bombed, shot at and arrested across four countries. Scores have died in political unrest in northwest Iran. Some two dozen have died in airstrikes on northern Syria.
After deadly clashes in Aleppo, Syria’s transitional government reached a ceasefire with Kurdish forces to stabilize the north. This means that key minority areas were excluded. At the same time, ...
COLUMN. The agreement signed by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa brings an end to the experiment of Rojava, an autonomous region in the northeast of the country. The US gave its approval for ...
The main demand of the Syrian Kurds is the preservation of the self-government bodies they created in the northeastern ...
Hundreds of people living in northern Syria near the Turkish border are fleeing, herding their loved ones and running from an unknown fate as fires blaze behind them. These people are members of an ...
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