However, doing so with the SDF has proved challenging. The United States considers the group a key ally against ISIL (ISIS), but neighbouring Turkiye regards it as a national security threat linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Around 100,000 Kurds are fleeing the fighting provoked by an offensive led by Turkey and its allies.
A reliable source from Kobani explained to Kurdistan24 that “The ongoing security threats, exacerbated by the withdrawal of humanitarian organizations, have crippled the labor market.”
Anadolu recently captured aerial and ground footage of a building in Ayn al-Arab, or Kobani, on the Syria-Türkiye border that is occupied by the PKK/YPG terror group, where T-walls from the US base in al-Tanf were deployed.
A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Saturday that his country will soon take “radical” steps to eliminate forces linked to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the military backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The construction of a sixth American military base in the city of Kobani is aimed at maintaining control over oil-rich northeast Syria with the SDF’s assistance
Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.
SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi confirmed his forces' integration into Syria's new army, called for inclusive political dialogue, urged a ceasefire in Kobani, and stressed unity against division while maintaining strong ties with the US.
A month since the fall of the Assad regime, more than 125,000 refugees have returned to Syria “full of hope after years of exile”, only to find themselves confronted by desperate conditions, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Farhan Haj Issa, co-chair of the executive council of the Autonomous Administration in Kobani, called for Syria’s new authorities and a U.S.-led coalition that has allied with Kurdish forces in ...
BEIRUT- Following the meeting of Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with Masoud Barzani, the leader of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, it seems that Syria’s Kurdish crisis will witness remarkable developments.