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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — 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 government ...

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 ...

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Iraq’s state oil marketer SOMO said on Sunday international producers in Kurdistan were still obliged to send it their crude under a September export agreement, after Norway's DNO ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Bonnie Cash/CNP/Zuma Press/Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images/Rogelio V. Solis/AP ...

Pact foresaw integration of SDF forces by year-end Syria, SDF, US accelerated talks in recent days Damascus open to SDF reorganization, sources say Forces could form three divisions, open up territory ...

On Nov. 26, as Americans prepared for Thanksgiving, extremist militias in Iraq launched drones and rockets at the only U.S.-funded gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Khor Mor. This attack was ...

Abdullah Öcalan’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party is engaged in high-stakes negotiations with the Turkish government over a peace settlement. The outcome will shape the future for Kurds throughout the region ...