Syria government, Kurdish forces agree sweeping integration to end clashes

Syria's government and the SDF engaged in months of talks last year to bring Kurdish-run military and civilian bodies under ...

Syrian Government and Kurdish-Led Force Agree to Merge After Clashes

The new unity deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken over a number of strategic assets from the ...

Syria Advances on Kurdish-Held Areas as Washington Urges Restraint

Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a ...

Syrian government seizes strategic town in Raqqa from Kurdish forces

Syrian government forces have entered Raqqa as part of their ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria ...

Syria’s military has seized swathes of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Syrian forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria, security sources say

Syrian troops fighting U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas ...

Syrian government forces enter northern towns after Kurdish fighters withdraw

On Friday night, after government forces started pounding SDF positions in Deir Hafer, the Kurdish-led fighters’ top ...
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How Damascus and the SDF came to blows in Aleppo — and what might come next

The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities ...