The US fought IS with the Kurds for years. Now, Donald Trump is siding with Syria's new leader.

Syrian government forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday as part of a deal agreed last week to ...

Iran is a multi-ethnic state — yet its leadership has failed to find an answer to recurring protests, minority grievances and deepening environmental crises.

Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.

Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, have told BBC Persian he is due to be executed today.

US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees moved across the border.

He not only toppled a dictatorship that had ruled Syria for half a century but also, upon assuming leadership of the country, convinced Western capitals to lift or suspend most of the sanctions ...

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces ...

The government’s move to assert control over areas under Kurdish rule is a major test for President Ahmed al-Sharaa as fresh clashes erupted. By Christina Goldbaum President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Security forces and the army were combing neighbourhoods in Tabqa after the SDF pullout (Bakr ALkasem) (Bakr ALkasem/AFP/AFP) ...