U.S. conflict grows, rumors that the U.S. have sought Kurdish support are met with a firm rebuke — as a senior Kurdistan Region leader tells NPR: the Kurds are not guns for hire.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg about the role Kurds may play in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

A defiant song, whose lyricist is in prison for snubbing the ayatollah, plays on Jewish themes to confront authoritarian rule ...

Already Iran and allied Iraqi militias have launched dozens of missiles and drone attacks into northern Iraq, targeting the U ...

The collapse of the Kurdistan Rojava Autonomous Administration in Syria is not a sudden surprise. It is the outcome of long-planned foreign interventions, strategic miscalculations, and deep Kurdish ...

Syrian Kurdish security forces on Sunday announced a curfew early next week in two cities in the country's northeast, ahead of the implementation of a recent deal struck with the Islamist-led ...

Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ...

Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces struck a sweeping deal on Friday to integrate Kurdish fighters and their administration into the central state, after weeks of fighting that shrank Kurdish ...

Syria's new leaders, since toppling former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert full authority over a country devastated by nearly 14 years of civil war. The ...

The Syrian flag reappeared in Raqqa this week following the government taking the city from the SDF Syria's government and Kurdish forces have reached a comprehensive agreement that includes the ...

Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power. For more than a decade, Kurdish authorities governed this region with a high degree of autonomy. Now, ...

Syria’s Kurdish-led forces have reached a comprehensive agreement with the government to integrate with the Syrian army. The interim government in Damascus has been fighting an offensive in the north ...