Trump’s actions have been widely condemned as a betrayal of the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, an American-trained and -equipped force of Syrian Kurds who played a lead role in the fight ...

Both Israel and the United States need partners in the Middle East who can help counter these developments, and the Kurds have proven themselves dependable allies. The SDF is currently standing ...

Writing in Kurdish language on his personal X account, Shaibani stated that “the Kurds in Syria add beauty and light to the ...

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With Syria’s new government still taking shape, a U.S. abandonment of the SDF could also leave Kurds—who make up about 10 percent of Syria’s population of roughly 23 million—vulnerable to ...

The SDF has many Kurdish members, and Kurds are often threatened by developments in Syria because their communities are near the front lines in Aleppo, Tal Rifaat, and areas in eastern Syria.

"If we have to use force, we will be ready." Last month, an official told AFP that an SDF delegation had met Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who heads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that ...

Some experts, like Brussels-based Kurdish affairs analyst Hosheng Ossi, argue that the U.S. and its regional partners, such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, should view the SDF and Syrian Kurds as a ...

In addition, the SDF must consider what to do next with the new government emerging in Damascus. Unlike the Turkish-backed SNA, the group that rolled into Damascus has not been as harsh on Kurds.

Analysis: Since Assad's fall, hundreds have been killed in the escalating conflict between the Turkish-backed SNA and Kurdish ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurds' de facto army, spearheaded the fight that defeated Islamic State group jihadists in Syria in 2019 with US backing -- putting Washington ...