We have massive numbers in our prisons, and this constitutes an ongoing threat,” Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Gen.

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Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during the post-Assad transition ...

A car bomb in the Syrian city of Manbij has killed at least 15 people, the vast majority of whom were female farm workers.

two women and two men," said a security source in the Raparin ... cooperation deal to establish joint command and training centres with the aim of fighting the PKK.

Turkey along with the United States deems the PKK a "terrorist" organisation. Turkey has conducted hundreds of strikes against PKK fighters in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

Two Iraqi border guards were killed, and one injured, in a clash with PKK fighters near Zakho at the Turkey-Iraq border. The PKK is recognized as a terrorist group by several countries. The ...

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers ... the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least ...