Syria Kurds
- Syria
Syria Kurds say killed, robbed by Turkey proxies
QAMISHLI: Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. She received an image of a bullet-riddled corpse with the instruction: “Come collect your son.” Sitting…
- World
Erdogan meets Trump; discusses situation in Syria
Watford: President Donald Trump attended an unannounced meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday morning. The meeting, which was absent from Trump’s schedule was first announced in a post by the official…
- Syria
SDF chief thanks Russia for saving Syria Kurds from war
QAMISHLI: The head of the Kurd-led Syrian Democratic Forces has thanked Moscow for saving his people from the “scourge” of war after Russia struck a deal with Ankara ending its weeks-long Syria offensive. In…
- Syria
Kurds accuse Turkey of using banned incendiary weapons
BEIRUT: The embattled Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday accused Turkey of resorting to banned weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus munitions. The use of such weapons since the start of the…
- Syria
Hundreds of Syria Kurds seek refuge in Iraq
ARBIL: Some 500 Syrian Kurds have entered neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan over the past four days fleeing a Turkish invasion now entering its second week, officials said on Wednesday. The refugees were taken…
- Syria
Turkey attack: Kurds urge US to assume ‘moral obligations’
Hasakeh: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday urged its US allies to assume their “moral obligations” to protect them from a cross-border Turkish offensive, now in its fourth day. “Our allies…
- Syria
Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town
BEIRUT: Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria denied on Saturday claims by the Turkish defence ministry that its forces had taken the battleground border town of Ras al-Ain, the first in its four-day-old offensive. “Ras…
- Syria
Exposed and under fire, Syria’s Kurds may turn to Damascus
BEIRUT: A US withdrawal from Syria‘s northern border this week has exposed Washington’s Kurdish partners to a Turkish assault, creating conditions for a rapprochement with Damascus that both sides need badly, analysts said.…
- Syria
Heavy fighting as Syria Kurds hold off Turkish assault
Qamishli: Fighting raged in northeastern Syria on Friday as Turkish forces and their proxies tried to seize key Kurdish-held towns on the third day of a long-threatened offensive. The Syrian Democratic Forces — the…
- Syria
Syria Kurds warn Turkish attack will bring back IS
BEIRUT: Syria‘s Kurds warned Monday that a Turkish military invasion, believed to be imminent, would spark a major resurgence of the Islamic State jihadist group. Such an operation would reverse years of…
- News
Syria Kurds hand over four IS-linked children to Germany
The Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Monday handed over four children linked with the Islamic State group to Germany, their first such repatriation to the European country, an official said. “The autonomous region…
