Israel, on the other hand, remains deeply suspicious of Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, pointing to his roots in al-Qaida. It's also wary of Turkey’s influence over Damascus and appears to ...

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...

The retired 76-year-old professor of political science was already serving an 18-month sentence for criticizing the Iranian ...

In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...

The message was read in Kurdish and Turkish by pro-Kurdish party politicians who visited him earlier in the day. The new effort ... alongside the Kurdish flag. "We welcome the historic ...

A woman waves a flag bearing a picture of the founder of the Kurdistan ... make a lot of Kurdish constituents uncomfortable.” Kurds historically inhabit parts of modern day Turkey, Iraq, Syria and ...

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of l ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - All Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, including U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, must lay down their weapons after the peace call from the jailed leader of the outlawed ...

Revelers danced in the street in the city of Qamishli and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag. “We welcome the historic announcement by Leader Abdullah Ocalan ...