This outbreak of recent violence served as a disturbing reminder of the series of violent assaults inflicted upon Syrian religious and ethnic minorities since the current regime assumed power. The Syrian National Army (SNA),

Trump called for an end to Aleppo clashes as US and Kurdish officials engaged in urgent diplomacy. Meanwhile, Syrian forces besieged Kurdish districts, displacing 150,000 and disabling a key hospital.

The U.S. is facing a crisis as its two allies in Syria clash in Aleppo, the fiercest fighting yet between the government and Kurdish forces.

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces attend the funeral of a fellow fighter, who was killed while fighting against the Islamic State group in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Jan. 18, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ...

Pity the Kurds. Theirs is a history of epic betrayals. A century ago, the world reneged on a vow to give them their own state, carved from the carcass of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War. The rugged mountain people were instead dispersed into ...

Kurdish forces faced their first major defeat in Iraq over the weekend, when militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized the towns of Sinjar, Zumar and Wana. The United Nations, citing local reports, estimated as many as 200,000 ...

Most Kurdish regions have largely stayed out of nationwide demonstrations, but Shia Kurdish towns have seen violent crackdown