US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say
By Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart, Jonathan Spicer and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States encouraged its ...
US nudged Kurds towards Damascus deal as troop presence comes into focus
By Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart, Jonathan Spicer and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The United States encouraged its ...
Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group
Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...
Syrian surprise deal with Kurds creates ripples felt near and far
It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...
The US turns away, Turkey barely holds back: Syrian Kurds "surrendered" to Damascus
The Syrian Transitional Government has reached a rather unexpected agreement with the Kurdish armed groups of the Arab ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...
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Turkish FM advises Damascus to grant all Kurdish rights
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that he advised Syria’s interim President Ahmed ...
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Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
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Syrian Kurds demand redo of new constitution
The political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday rejected the constitutional declaration adopted by the ...
VOA Kurdish: Syrian Kurds concerned following attacks on Alawites
Following the recent attacks carried out against civilians in the Alawite-majority region in Syria’s coastal region, many ...
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US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say
Damascus wants them to join as individuals ... The deal was struck at a potentially historic moment for the Kurds, following a call by the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan for his group to ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a cease-fire and the merging of the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the ...