Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration following the dissolution of the PKK will be a process with no recent ...

Turkey and Syrian Kurdish officials are engaged in secret negotiations to normalize ties and end decades of conflict.

Turkey, unencumbered and emboldened by the demise of a longstanding internal foe, can pivot fully to its broader regional ...

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

The public comments represented a significant diplomatic overture by Mazloum Abdi, whose Syrian Democratic Forces fought ...

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

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

Turkey boosts Syria's military, won't withdraw troops yet, says defense chief. Aims to aid reconstruction, counter 'terrorism ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s defense ministry ... to the nearly four-decade-long conflict, which has claimed over 40,000 lives. Founded in 1978, the PKK initially called for the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, in an interview with ...

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

The head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, said on Friday that the group is in direct contact with Turkey and is not opposed to meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.