The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

The defense minister accused the SDF of delaying negotiations, calling their inclusion in the Defense Ministry “a right of the Syrian state.” Abu Qasra’s appointment followed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s ...

Fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army has been ongoing since ...

WASHINGTON - Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria ...

US Central Command said its chief met with Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria and urged the repatriation of foreign Islamic State group fighters, as Kurds battle Turkey-backed groups in the region.

Five years ago, we warned that a snap decision to depart Syria — abandoning the U.S. Kurdish-led partner force that has fought the Islamic State in Syria ...

In northern Iraq, historic dialogue occurred between leaders of rival Kurdish groups in response to turmoil in Syria. Kurdish ...

More than 40,000 people have been killed in the fighting, which in the past was focused in the mainly Kurdish southeast but is now centred on northern Iraq, where the PKK is based. Growing ...

Earlier, Turkey's defence ministry said the armed forces had killed 21 YPG-PKK militants in northern Syria and Iraq. In a Reuters interview last week, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi acknowledged the ...

Iraq plans to cut gas flaring next year and eliminate the practice of burning off associated gas at oilfields by the end of 2027, government officials have said. As of the end of 2024, Iraq, which ...