NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department official Wa'el Alzayat about the prospects of Kurdish forces reaching an agreement to join the Syrian army ahead of an end-of-year deadline. Syria has ...

Syria has just days to integrate Kurdish militia forces into its national military. The Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the new Syrian government signed a peace deal in March ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes erupted between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters on Monday as top Turkish officials visited Damascus ahead of a deadline to implement a deal between the ...

More than two months after Iraq’s parliamentary elections, the first indications of what its new government will look like are becoming apparent. The process, which is outlined in the constitution, ...

(Turkish Foreign Ministery Press Service/AFP/AFP) Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday urged Kurdish-led forces to integrate into Syria's army and not obstruct the country's ...

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This handout photograph provided by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meeting with his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus — Turkish ...

At least three people were killed and 31 others injured after clashes broke out between Syrian army troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, as ...

The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that came as Turkey's top diplomat urged the Kurds to integrate into the Syrian ...