Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has ...

The United States will scale down its military presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in the ...

TURKEY: Infrastructure manager TCDD has called tenders for the construction of a 34 km extension of the Yolçatı - Diyarbakır ...

Erdogan was already confronting mounting public fatigue with his presidency. His hubris and domineering leadership style have eroded the once broad enthusiasm for his rule, making him ever more ...

Regardless of what diplomatic arrangement is reached, the White House should formulate a plan to allow all American military ...

The hearings for Turkish lawyer Fırat Epözdemir and the Istanbul Bar Association have been postponed until September, with Epözdemir’s temporary release from prison marking a rare reprieve amid a ...

The dissolution was therefore ratified at an extraordinary congress on May 12, held in two different locations (one can never be too careful...). This is the culmination of a 25-year quest for a ...

Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on Friday that his group has direct ...

The public comments represented a significant diplomatic overture by Mazloum Abdi, whose Syrian Democratic Forces fought Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels during Syria's 14-year civil war ...

Mazloum Abdi, leader of Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, announced contact with Turkey, signaling a potential diplomatic ...