Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face ...

Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group, became the de facto leader of Syria. Since then, he has ...

Syria's new defence minister said on Sunday it would not be right for US -backed Kurdish fighters based in the country's northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed ...

WASHINGTON - Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria ...

Neighbouring Turkey, a key backer of Islamist-led rebels who ousted ... On Thursday in Iraq, Abdi met Masoud Barzani, who heads the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the autonomous Iraqi ...

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Hoshyar Zebari, a senior Kurdistan Democratic Party official, described the meeting between KDP leader Masoud Barzani ... United States and Turkey. The official said that Barzani had also stressed ...