There were scenes of "utter chaos" when thousands of women and children related to suspected Islamic State jihadists escaped a camp in Syria last month following the sudden withdrawal of ...

Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report ...

Al Hol housed tens of thousands of women and children linked to suspected ISIS fighters for years. Now taken over by the Syrian government, former Kurdish staff who worked there say its rapid emptying ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused help for Australians linked to suspected IS fighters who are trying to return home ...

The changes on the ground are part of a January 30 deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. Syrian security forces have continued to move into areas in the ...

Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ...

W hen Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in December 2024, many hoped it would mark the end of Syria’s years-long civil strife. Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Muhammad al-Golani), who emerged as the ...

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to Iraq The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, ...

A US policy shift following engagement with Damascus leaves the SDF without protection and highlights the fragility of Kurdish autonomy under American patronage Kurds gather with weapons in Qamishli ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish women around the world are flooding social media with videos of themselves braiding their hair in a symbolic act of protest. The campaign responds to disturbing ...

It follows the withdrawal of SDF troops sparking uncertainty over the security of roughly a dozen prisons and detention camps they were guarding, with IS prisoners among those detained.

After crossing the Semalka border bridge between Iraq and Syria, travellers are met by protests and hundreds of Kurds waving Kurdish and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flags. The crowd gather to ...