The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

As hundreds of Alevi civilians were massacred in Syria’s coastal regions, an agreement was signed between HTŞ and SDG, whose ...

British YPG volunteer Macer Gifford said: “While our governments send their platitudes and endless sympathies, Ryan went and put himself between Isis and the innocent people of Rojava. “There is ...

Commander General Michael 'Erik' Kurilla met with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria (Rojava) to discuss the ongoing fight against the Islamic State (ISIS).

Syrian army forces repelled an attack by the terrorist YPG/PKK-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Aleppo city in northern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. "Our units were able to ...

In this long read op-ed for JURIST by Shadi Sadr, a human rights lawyer and PhD candidate at Leiden University, Sadr discusses the Rojava Tribunal, a session of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, ...

There are roughly ten million displaced persons from and in Syria and 3 million in Iraq. Must they leave their homeland? No. We are kickstarting a program to build 31 clinics across Northern Syria.

I travelled to Syria to visit Kobane and Raqqa, two cities once overrun by ISIS. I also witnessed firsthand the new chapter of violence engulfing this part of the world.

Ankara considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG) – the backbone of the Kurdish ... The SDF serves as the de facto army of Rojava. On Monday, a spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling Justice ...

YPG established control in northern Syria during civil war Turkey views YPG as indistinguishable from PKK YPG seeks decentralization, not independence, in Syria Feb 27 (Reuters) - Abdullah Ocalan ...

But Bashar al-Assad's regime never recognised it and, despite his fall from power, its future remains uncertain. As well as more than a decade of civil war, the Syrian Kurds have faced years of ...