Abdi, by contrast, came to leadership via associations with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an organization that Turkey ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Here's a map showing who controls what now that ... This last Kurdish group is known as Syria's Democratic Forces (SDF) and it controls large parts of Syria's north-east. The Kurds are an ethnic ...

Withdrawal of non-Syrian fighters from SDF and northern and eastern regions of Syria, is one of the cases of the agreement reached between SDF and SDC which has been announced as a step to strengthen ...

Battles are raging in the northeast region of Syria, between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) supported by a contingent of Turkish ...