Reactions to the visit were mixed, ranging from cautious optimism to skepticism about the evolving relationship between the ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Kurds in the new Syria hope to preserve cultural rights they gained in years of war - Kurdish leaders are negotiating with ...

As David Kenner at Foreign Policy documented in September, groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the al-Nusra Front, both known Al Qaeda affiliates, have begun fighting with ...