According to Ali, there are about 14 Kurdish tribes in Hama province, comprising 700,000 Kurds, with an additional 70,000 in neighboring Homs. Despite this sizable population, he notes that ...

In Syria, there's been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state.

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire, two days after their imprisoned leader ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the ...

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About an hour outside of London, Thames Carpets sells handmade carpets mostly from the Middle East. The business goes back ...

Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday to crush a nascent insurgency by fighters from Bashar al-Assad's ...

Just as its fragile peace was threatened with attacks by Assad loyalists, Syria finds new ground for unity as a US-backed ...

The Syrian government led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has reached an agreement with the terrorist PKK's Syrian ...