ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Mohammad Hussein al-Jassim (Abu Amsha), the notorious commander of the Suleiman Shah Brigade, ...

Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first time since the enclave was invaded by militia groups seven years ago.

Aided by Syrian Arab armed groups, Turkey mounted several major incursions into northern Syria beginning in 2016, bringing ...

According to official statistics from the Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria, there are more than 120,000 displaced people from Afrin, 3,000 families of whom are in Qamishli. Click ...

If Kurdish unity is realized, we will no longer be dependent on foreign support," Hevi Mustafa asserted.

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invading the Afrin region of Syria, which lies on the Syria-Turkey border. Its stated goal is to clear the region of Kurdish militias, who are closely linked to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK ...

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It also poses a challenge for the Kurdistan autonomous region of Iraq. In Syria, Turkey invaded the Kurdish area of Afrin in ...

Aided by Syrian Arab armed groups, Turkey mounted several major incursions into northern Syria beginning in 2016, bringing large areas under its control, including the Afrin region, which was ...