Kurdish controlled syria

EU to restore Syria relations, strengthen trade and security ties, document shows

Syria, which had most Western sanctions lifted at the end of last year, is seeking broader integration into the international community under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a press conference at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany March 30, 2026.
Security for the protest is provided by the local Asayish (Kurdish Police) during a demonstration for Kurdish rights on February 10, 2026 in Qamishli, Syria. The protests called for the protection of Kurdish rights and the achievements of the Rojava revolution as the region

Israel's national security dependent on supporting Kurdish cause, Kurdish leader says

“National security is achieved only through support for the cause. We are talking about a new Middle East with four key countries: Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. The Kurds are in all of them."

|ByDR. EDY COHEN
Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Berlin, Germany, January 24, 2026.

Kurds’ monumental role in defeating ISIS deserves recognition - analysis

As the anti-ISIS Coalition embraces Syria, the Kurdish role in the war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria also deserves recognition.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A MEMBER of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces rides on a car, while vehicles of the internal security forces of the Syrian government arrive in the city of Qamishli during the curfew, following an agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government on Tuesday.

Syria’s Sunni Islamist regime consolidates power, ending Kurdish autonomy

BEHIND THE LINES: The arrival of Syrian forces to Qamishli sets the seal on the effective demise of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

|ByJONATHAN SPYER

A symphony of violence in northeast Syria

“The USA has betrayed us. The USA has abandoned us!”

OCTOBER 28, 2019ByANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the conflict in Syria with Vice President Mike Pence at his side in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019

Evangelical Trumpism and the Kurds: Warning signs for Israel

The warning signs to Jerusalem are sobering.

OCTOBER 26, 2019ByBRIAN SCHRAUGER
Protesters hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a rally against the Turkish military operation in Syria, in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2019

Turkey says won't tolerate any rights violations in northeast Syria

Ankara regards the YPG as terrorists linked to Kurdish insurgents operating in southeast Turkey.

OCTOBER 26, 2019ByREUTERS
Turkish soldiers stand on top of tanks near the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 15, 2019

US ignores the refugees its Syria withdrawal created - Analysis

Trump claimed on Wednesday that the “Kurds are safe” in Syria, ignoring the hundreds of thousands who had to flee their homes.

OCTOBER 25, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about Turkey and Syria during a formal signing ceremony for the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2019

Jewish, Kurdish NGOs launch crowdfunding, PR campaign to fight genocide

"It is very powerful to show solidarity and tell the Kurds there are people who care about them."

OCTOBER 24, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Hundreds rally in support of the Kurds in Tel Aviv

Donald Trump will recognize a sovereign Kurdish state

Few people really understand Donald Trump. He’s not like any other president. He thinks outside-the-box.

OCTOBER 23, 2019ByMIKE EVANS
Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017.

Turkey, Russia agree on Syrian Kurdish YPG withdrawal, joint patrols

Six days later, Russian and Turkish forces will jointly start to patrol a narrower, 10 km strip of land in the "safe zone" that Ankara has long sought in northeast Syria.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan chats with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin before his departure at Zhukovsky Airport near Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2019.

Help fleeing Kurds

If Israel can facilitate treatment there, in third countries or in Israel, this would be a place where lives can be saved.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Protesters hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a rally against the Turkish military operation in Syria, in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2019

U.S. senators, Kurdish leader call for Turkey sanctions

Turkey's offensive has displaced some 300,000 people and led to 120 casualties among civilians and 470 among SDF fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByREUTERS
U.S. and Turkish military forces conduct a joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism area in northeast, Syria, October 4, 2019. Picture taken October 4, 2019

Uprooted by war, Kurdish families stuck at Syria-Iraq border crossing

Now all they want is to reach neighboring Iraq.

OCTOBER 21, 2019ByREUTERS
A man waves a Kurdistan flag as a Turkish military truck escorts a convoy of peshmerga vehicles at Habur border gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi in southeastern Turkey.