A small contingent of security forces with Syria’s interior ministry entered the city of al-Hassakeh on Monday as part of a deal between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

This week’s Friend for Life is Java! She’s a 1-year-old searching for a forever home. Staff with Rochester Animal Services tell us Java is just like a good cup ...

With Syria’s government bearing down on Kurdish forces, residents of their last major enclave are on alert, mindful of last year’s violence against other minority groups and determined to preserve ...

The death toll from ‍a landslide that hit Indonesia’s West Java province at the weekend rose to ‍17 on Monday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), once a crucial US-backed alliance and the most effective force against the Islamic State group in Syria, are reportedly poised to merge into the Syrian army. This ...

Syria's army deployed in formerly Kurdish-led areas in the country's east and north after a ceasefire announced a day earlier — Bakr ALkasem Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald ...

Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces effectively capitulated to the Syrian government after suffering crushing losses from a major offensive. Weeks of on-and-off fighting culminated in a major offensive ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syrian forces captured two northern towns after U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters agreed to withdraw, but deadly ...

Syrian government forces have taken control of the northern city of Tabqa and the country’s largest dam, wresting them from Kurdish-led fighters, according to Syrian state media citing the country’s ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish separatist group in Iraq said it has launched attacks on Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in recent days in retaliation for Tehran’s violent crackdown on ...

Armed Kurdish separatist groups tried to cross into Iran from Iraq in recent days, stoking fears that the country’s spiraling unrest has attracted dangerous foreign militants who could destabilize the ...

The flags of seven Kurdish opposition parties that are active in northwestern Iran and have supported protests against the Tehran regime. (Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan on X) There are a ...