The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Kaja Kallas, called on Turkey Friday to respect the “delicate balance” in northern Syria, in response to Ankara's demand to end the territorial ...

Since last month’s fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has said repeatedly it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to disband. Ankara considers the group, which spearheads the U.S.-allied Syrian ...

Across the border in Syria, Turkish-backed militias continue to fight Kurdish YPG fighters. Turkey considers them as a threat to its territorial integrity. Yet, while Turkey regards the YPG as a ...

ERBUL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) will experience a “bitter fate” if they choose to remain ...

Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region recognized ... s Protection Units (YPG), the dominant force in the ...

The Kurdish YPG group in Syria is allied with the US, which complicates the region's geopolitical situationImage: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/dpa/picture alliance After the end of the First World War ...

Since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad last month by rebels - some of which have been backed by Turkey for years - Ankara has repeatedly said the Kurdish YPG militia must disband ...