Israel says it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of ...

DAMASCUS — Syria’s new defense minister said on Sunday it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader ...

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders ...

"The Kurds did not acquire drones from Iran - this is all clear Turkish propaganda,” a Kurdish military official stated to ...

With Iran remaining one of Washington’s primary challenges in the region, a similar intervention involving an opposition with a different mindset could serve the US and Israel’s interests in ...

Turkey wants to completely quash Kurdish independence aspirations.” While Israel has no official relations with the Kurdish minority in Syria or Turkey, it has maintained relations with the ...

Moreover, as Israel—the US spearhead in the Middle East—expands its occupation of southern Syria, it has declared the Kurdish leadership its main ally in the country. Salih Muslim, the former ...

Israel’s actions also undermine efforts to reclaim territory controlled by other groups, including the US-backed Kurdish group, the People's Protection Units (YPG). By eroding Syria’s military ...

Türkiye’s focus on Kurdish forces and Israel’s targeting of Iranian-backed groups reflect broader geopolitical rivalries. These actions, while addressing immediate security concerns ...

and tensions between Turkey and Israel escalate — the prospects for Kurdish unity are growing,” said Loqman Radpey, a research fellow at the Middle East Forum. He told VOA by email that the ...

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern ...