Agreement with US-backed group puts all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in northeast Syria ...

and green Kurdish flags and chanting slogans as they watched Ocalan's letter being read out on big screens by members of the delegation that visited him. Reactions were divided, with some ...

and green Kurdish flags and chanting slogans as they watched Ocalan's letter being read out on big screens by members of the delegation that visited him. Reactions were divided, with some welcoming ...

In Syria, there's been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state.

(SOUNDBITE OF PEN SCRATCHING) ARRAF: The commander of the Kurdish-led forces and the interim Syrian president - the Syrian flag behind them ... The United States had a big role in this.

Our message to them from day one has been that they need to carry the new Syrian flag ... Kurdistan, but what echoed very much was your new style. I think [Rudaw’s reporter] Shaho made a big ...

Tishreen Dam, on the Euphrates river, has become a flashpoint in the conflict between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ...