For some commentators, the current conflict in Syria boils down to the new Syrian government attacking Kurdish forces. While ...

AMMAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The rapid collapse of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the northeast of the country this ...

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power.

Washington cannot impose democracy in Syria, nor should it try to. But it can endorse Syria’s territorial unity while insisting that unity without minority rights is a recipe for more instability.

However, the SDF was led by the main Kurdish fighting force in Syria, the People’s Protection Units, known as the YPG. The ...

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group and living in a Syrian camp housing more than 2,000 people near the border ...

The rapid turn of events has brought almost all of Syria back under the authority of the central Damascus-based state ...

Syria's offensive against the SDF has predictably empowered ISIS, as previously warned months ago would happen if Damascus ...

Syrian forces are hunting ISIS fugitives after dozens escaped from a prison in northeastern Syria, the interior ministry said, as the government moves to take territory from Kurdish fighters.

Tensions between Syria’s transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) escalated this week after Turkey warned that Damascus could resort to military force against the ...

The death of two U.S. service members and one American civilian in an attack in Syria by an alleged member of the Islamic State group has drawn new attention to the presence of American forces in the ...