A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria says that the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

I am examining the future progress of the Kurdish Question and its consequences. The new Kurdish assertiveness is evident not only in Iraq but also in Syria, where the YPJ, a Kurdish militia ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria ...

The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar ...

PKK Would Leave Syria if Kurdish Forces Keep Leadership Role, Official Says (Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave ...

Sydney (Reuters) — Voting began on Thursday to elect a new government in Vanuatu, a month after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation’s capital Port Vila, killing at ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left ...

The meeting, confirmed to The New Arab by Kurdish officials and first reported by Al-Monitor, is the first such engagement in years and comes amid shifts in Syria's political landscape following the ...

“Thousands of our forces were killed and wounded to protect the world from ISIS,” said YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mohammed, speaking to The Nation from the de facto Syrian Kurdish ...