Kurdish controlled syria

Seven years after being displaced, Kurdish families return to Serekaniye - analysis

In 2019, the US briefly considered leaving Syria. It evacuated some posts in the area, not wanting to be in the middle of fighting. It took time for the area to stabilize.

Members of the all women Martyr Ayaz Çiya battalion staff checkpoints and stop vehicles in the Halko neighbourhood on February 8, 2026 in Qamishli, Syria.
Kurdish female fighters in northeastern Syria.

After fighting ISIS, Kurdish women fighters search for a place in Syria's new order - analysis

KURDISH FIGHTERS from the Qamishli Brigade on parade last month.

The Kurds rose as Syria and Iraq collapsed - now, their fortunes are reversing

Children hold signs on the day Syrian Kurds demonstrate to mark Kurdish Language Day, demanding constitutional recognition of the Kurdish language by the Syrian government, in Qamishli, Syria, May 14, 2026.

Kurds in Syria, Iraq fight against 'Arabization' with language, but might need to push harder


A symphony of violence in northeast Syria

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

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.