A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups ...

The city of Kobani could be the next flashpoint Last Tuesday, a senior Hayat Tahrir al-Sham officer said that local tribes allied with his group had wrested control of the eastern city of Deir al ...

The consequences of Turkey’s and its Islamist allies’ ​potential ​takeover of northeastern Syria are profound, with ...

The officials cited a significant Turkish military buildup near Kobani, a Kurdish-majority city on the Syria-Turkey border, sparking fears of imminent conflict. According to US officials cited in ...

Turkey’s ultimate goal is for the SNA to capture the entire Syria-Turkey border area that runs for more than ... In 2014, ...

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There is no talk of a ceasefire deal between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, contrary to a U.S. announcement, a Turkish defence ministry official said on ...

That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports a Turkish invasion could be imminent near Kobani, a Kurdish-majority city in Syria. Meanwhile, Syria’s ousted authoritarian president ...

Now, they face the threat of being expelled from the Kobani region by these Turkish proxies. On Tuesday, December 10, dozens of air strikes targeted this region, in which the SNA has access to ...

"The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries did not abide by this decision and continue their attacks on the southern front of the city of Kobani," it said in a statement, vowing to keep fighting ...