A fragile truce reached this week between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led fighters was seen as a blow by many Kurds in ...

The safe pasage decision comes as U.S. troops have elevated security concerns as they transport some 7,000 ISIS prisoners from Syria to Iraq, a highly complex operation. CENTCOM has carried out three ...

Syria’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the government’s prisons authority is now in charge of al-Aqtan prison, ...

The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in ...

The move into al-Aqtan prison comes two days after the U.S. military said that it has started transferring some of the 9,000 ...

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive.

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces took control Friday of a prison housing members of the Islamic State group in ...

By Orhan Qereman and Khalil Ashawi QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Syria's government took over a prison in the north on ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - President Masoud Barzani warned on Friday that any harm to the Kurdish population in northeastern Syria (Rojava) would be unacceptable, stressing that Kobane must remain ...

After Syrian forces on Wednesday seized Kurdish strongholds in the northeast of the country, the Syrian government gave Kurdish forces until Saturday to reach an agreement on how they will integrate ...

It’s not often a whole city comes out to celebrate something, and still less to cheer the start of a military confrontation.

The move comes as Syrian government forces advance into areas previously controlled by Kurdish fighters, bringing them closer to detention centres holding thousands of IS members.