Tag: Kurds
violent fighting between pro-Turkish factions and Kurds in the north of the country
More than 100 fighters have been killed in the last two days in clashes in northern Syria between armed factions supported by Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces, the Syrian Observatory…
Syria: Kurdish refugee, perpetually displaced
She has no name, no face. She fears that by telling her story, her family will be targeted. She fled the Shahba canton north of Aleppo at the beginning of…
in Damascus, European diplomacy pleads for “a peaceful” and inclusive transition
In less than four weeks, the new Syrian leaders have managed to be accepted as acceptable interlocutors by many countries. This is evidenced by the visit, Friday January 3 to…
imprisoned PKK founder ‘determined’ to participate in peace process
Abdullah Öçalan, affirmed that the rapprochement between Turks and Kurds was a “ historical responsibility “, saying to himself ” determined » to participate in the peace process launched in…
the hope of a “just” state for the leader of the Damascus rebels
The new Syrian authorities in Damascus announced Tuesday, December 24, an agreement with “ all armed groups » for their dissolution, specifying that they were going to be integrated into…
United States: Ceasefire extended between Kurds and Turkey-backed rebels | News in brief
The Turkish-backed SNA rebel group is fighting Kurdish-led SDF forces in northern Syria. The United States said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire between the…
The risk of fragmentation hangs over post-Assad Syria
The Assad regime in Syria fell on December 8 after more than half a century of unchallenged rule. A new page is opening for this country whose liberation from the…
Kurds in Syria raise the flag of the opposition
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Opposition parties hang the independence flag in Damascus on Monday, the day after dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled. Now the Kurdish self-government in the northeast will…
Syrian Kurds cornered after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of the Damascus regime is shaking up the political landscape and the balance of power in Syria. Pro-Turkish militias launched an offensive against the region of the Autonomous…
the Syrians are carefully monitoring the post-Bashar situation which is taking shape
In the wake of the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, questions are piling up about the challenges facing the Syrian people. What place will the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir…