Syrian Kurdistan[a] or Rojava (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê, lit. 'Kurdistan where the sun sets') is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It is surrounding three noncontiguous …

Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria, and make up between 5 and 10 percent of the Syrian population. [24][12][2][10][1] The estimates are diluted due to the effects of the Syrian …

Dec 12, 2024 · Over the course of Syria’s civil war, Kurdish fighters have fended off an array of armed factions, partnered with the U.S. to rout the Islamic State group and carved out a …

Dec 24, 2024 · Kurdish-led fighters in Syria, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, say they have launched a counter-offensive against the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army to take …

1 day ago · Syria’s al-Sharaa, Turkey’s Erdogan talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts Ankara meet is second foreign trip by President Ahmed al-Sharaa as he seeks to bolster support for Syria’s …

Jan 16, 2025 · IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political …

Oct 9, 2019 · Hundreds of Kurdish people living in northern Syria near the Turkish border are fleeing, herding their loved ones and running from an unknown fate as fires blaze behind them.

Dec 27, 2024 · In 2014, the Islamic State extremist group began taking large pieces of territory in northeast Syria as the country was embroiled in a civil war. With the help of the United States, …

Dec 13, 2024 · In Syria, near the start of the civil war, around 2012, the forces of now-deposed dictator Assad, withdrew from Kurdish-majority areas in northeastern and eastern Syria …

2 days ago · Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.