Tag: Kurds

Syrian government forces patrol inside the al Hol camp as smoke rises from an arms depot explosion.

Beltway Confidential

Syria’s Kurds have a problem

Alissa Pavia · January 30, 2026 6:00 am

Syrian government forces patrol inside the al Hol camp as smoke rises from an arms depot explosion.

Beltway Confidential

The future of Syria’s Kurds hang in the balance

Ani Chkhikvadze · January 25, 2026 6:00 am

Soldiers of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces deploy with armored military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being Islamic State group fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Formerly US-backed Kurds blame peace talk breakdown for ISIS prisoner escape

David Zimmermann · January 20, 2026 6:32 pm

A Syrian government fighter stands guard outside Al-Aqtan prison on the outskirts of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, as negotiations are underway with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces over a withdrawal from the prison. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

ISIS fighters reportedly escape from Kurdish prisons amid fighting with government

Brady Knox · January 19, 2026 6:49 pm

Kurdish defeat

Kurdish SDF forces agree to ceasefire with Syrian government after offensive

Brady Knox · January 18, 2026 6:10 pm

Syrian army

US struggles to rein in Syrian allies as Kurds and government come to blows in Aleppo

Brady Knox · January 8, 2026 6:23 pm

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces prepare to attend a military parade.

Syrian fragmentation fears abound as militia, religious minorities seek autonomy

Timothy Nerozzi · October 1, 2025 4:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

It’s the calm before the storm in Turkey

Michael Rubin · June 19, 2025 9:32 am

Syrian government signs breakthrough agreement to reintegrate US-aligned Kurdish forces

Brady Knox · March 10, 2025 9:45 pm

Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire in a 40-year insurgency in Turkey

Associated Press · March 1, 2025 12:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

Abandoning Syrian Kurds will derail Trump’s agenda

Michael Rubin · January 12, 2025 4:31 pm

New rebel uprising in Syria’s south opens new front as Kurds take east

Brady Knox · December 6, 2024 2:41 pm