Syrian Kurds

Syrian Kurds

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Syria extends ceasefire with Kurdish forces by 15 days

Government troops have seized swathes of northern and eastern territory in the last two weeks from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in a rapid turn of events that has consolidated President...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration as US signals end of support

Syrian army personnel look on from a military vehicle deployed inside the city of Tabqa, after the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, Syria, January 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

Syria government, Kurdish forces agree sweeping integration to end clashes

A person holds flags as people celebrate after the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate into Syria's new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday, in Damascus, Syria March 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal: sources

FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds her weapon as they announce the destruction of Islamic State's control of land in eastern Syria, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

Syria Kurds halt joint ops with US-led coalition after Turkish raids -spokesman

People attend a pro-Kurdish demonstration against Turkey's military action in northeastern Syria, in Berlin, Germany November 2, 2019. Image of Hevrin Khalaf imprinted on the banner. Photo : REUTERS

I saw the birth, and bloody death, of the dream of Syrian democracy

An abandoned US observation post is seen from the Turkish border town of Suruc, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 14, 2019/ Reuters

Syrian troops enter northeastern town after deal with Kurdish forces

Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017/ Reuters

Kurds announce deal with Damascus as Turkey pushes deep into Syria