Kurds
Syria’s Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic...
Apr 26, 2025
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their...
Disarmament is impossible without a ceasefire
Laying down arms is impossible without a ceasefire; even discussing it requires one.
SELAHATTIN ERDEM
March 14, 2025
The ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society,’ announced...
Amid massacre of Alawites in Syria, Islamist HTS regime and Kurdish...
By Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi
11 March 2025
In the midst of the Alawite massacre in Syria, in which nearly 1,000 civilians were killed, an agreement...
Mazloum Abdi: Those behind the massacre of Alawites must be held...
SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi said that al-Jolani should hold those responsible for the attacks against Alawites to account, adding that Turkey-backed and pro-ISIS groups...
Permanent People’s Tribunal accuses Turkey of crimes against humanity on the...
by John Hunt in Brussels
Feb 7, 2025
THE Permanent People’s Tribunal has ended two days of hearings by accusing Turkey of committing crimes against humanity...
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after Ocalan’s call
The Kurdish group said in a statement that any congress for dissolution must include the jailed leader
By Alex MacDonald
March 1, 2025
The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)...
SDF chief says PKK disarmament call ‘not related to us in...
By Reuters
Feb. 27, 2025
The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan...
Kurdish militant chief Ocalan’s peace call prompts hope, scepticism in Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan's call for the PKK to end its decades-long armed struggle against Turkey has prompted both hope and scepticism.
The New Arab Staff &...
A prisoner and a hostage of the Turkish state is proclaiming...
Ocalan orders the PKK to dissolve in a historic statement
By Ragip Soylu in Ankara
Feb. 27, 2025
Armed group's leader says it should lay down its weapons as armed...
Syria: Jihadists and Turkey threaten Kurds
by Jason Ditz
February 13, 2025
The fighting between the Kurdish SDF and the forces of Turkey and its proxy the SNA continues apace in...