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Flatlands, vast expanding flatlands jutting into a distant sun-drenched horizon. Every few hundred yards, punctuated by the ...
The SDF’s reluctance is easily explained; it wants a secular, federalised Syria. The new government in Damascus has kept mum ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday that they freed four of their fighters from suspected Islamic State (ISIS) captivity, three days after they were ...
Several Sunni Arab tribes in northeast Syria, which encompasses 30 percent of the country and is currently under the control ...
The Kurdistan Autism Association will establish two new autism centers in Harir and Rizgari to provide training for children and guidance for parents. The Association's president urged authorities to ...
The Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should stop "playing for time" and abide by its integration agreement with the Syrian government, Turkey's ...
Renowned Kurdish artist Luqman Ahmed held a painting exhibition in Washington, using his work to introduce Kurdish culture and life to a diverse, international audience and to foster cross-cultural ...
ANKARA (AP) — Turkey publicly reinforced its support for the new Syrian government Wednesday, warning Israel and Kurdish fighters to cease actions threatening its stability and signing an ...
The procession was opened in the ceremony by the People's Protection Units (YPG), the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Freedom leader Nour al-Din Sofi, one of ...
A militant Kurdish group ended its struggle against Turkey. Grieving mothers ask if it was worth the high cost. Rebecca Rosman reports from Turkey. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
In this context, a popular revolution took shape in Rojava under the leadership of the Kurdish freedom movement. People organized as the YXK, and later the YPG–YPJ soon became the core of the region’s ...