Afrin
-
Turkey points to Kurdish militants for deadly Istanbul bombing / Nazlan Ertan
Turkish security forces have arrested a Syrian woman they say confessed to carrying out the attack under instructions from Kobani, but both the Kurdistan Workers Party and Syrian Kurdish forces deny any involvement.
-
Jihadist group seizes Kurdish town controlled by Turkish-backed forces
Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has taken over a town controlled by Turkish-backed groups in northwest Syria, U.S.-government funded Voice of America outlet reported on Thursday.
-
Syrian opposition launches program to teach Kurdish language in Aleppo
Syrian Kurds in the areas of the Syrian opposition welcomed the decision to launch a program to teach the Kurdish language at the opposition-affiliated Free Aleppo University in the city of Azaz.
-
Turkey opposes U.S. exempting Syrian Kurdish regions from sanctions: FM
Turkey opposes the US decision to exempt regions controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from Caesar Act sanctions on Syria, Hurriyet Daily News reported on Friday, May 13.
-
Factional infighting escalates in northern Syria / Khaled al-Khateb
Infighting continues among the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army factions in light of a power and influence struggle, conflict over crossings and smuggling corridors, and the lack of a unified military institution.