Posts Tagged: Kurdish forces
Trump Seeks Kurdish Allies Against Tehran, but Analysts Say Plan Is Risky, Could Take Years
The Trump administration, weighing whether the war with Iran could eventually require US troops on the ground, has begun reaching out to Kurdish opposition leaders...
Syrian Security Convoy Enters Key Kurdish City Under US-Backed Deal
Syrian government security forces entered the Kurdish-controlled northeastern city of Qamishli on Tuesday, security sources and witnesses said, implementing a US-backed deal to bring Kurdish-run regions back under central government control. The accord, declared on Friday, staved off the...
Syrian State Forces Deploy in Kurdish-Run City Under Ceasefire Deal
Syrian government security forces deployed in a Kurdish-controlled city in the northeast on Monday, a first step toward implementing a US-backed ceasefire deal that foresees the Kurdish-run regions being merged with Damascus. The deal, declared on Friday, staved...
Syrian Government, Kurds Agree to Integration Deal, US Hails ‘Historic Milestone’
The Syrian government and Kurdish forces declared a ceasefire deal on Friday that sets out a phased integration of Kurdish fighters into the state, averting a potentially bloody battle and drawing US...
Syria Says It Hopes to Hold New Talks With Kurdish Forces as Western States Urge Adherence to Ceasefire
The Syrian government hopes to hold a new round of talks with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, possibly later on Tuesday, to spell out how the force would merge into the central state, a senior Syrian...
Syria Tightens Grip After Kurdish Pullback, Says Islamic State Prisoners Escape
Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory after it was abruptly abandoned by Kurdish forces in...
Kurdish Groups Reject Aleppo Withdrawal as US Pushes to End Fighting
Kurdish groups rejected a Syrian government demand for their fighters to withdraw from parts of Aleppo under a ceasefire proposed on Friday, with Damascus conducting new strikes and Western powers...
US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces
US forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said was allowing a resurgence of Islamic State. Reuters reporters who...
Russia Reinforces Syrian Area Where Turkey-Backed Fighters Have Clashed With Kurdish Forces
Russia said late on Sunday it had sent more military police to an area in northern Syria where fighters backed by Turkey have clashed with...
State Media: Pro-Assad Militias to Enter Syria’s Afrin Region
Militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region, Syrian media reported on Monday, after a Kurdish official said a deal had been...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Crush Kurdish Militia in Afrin
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's military incursion in northern Syria's Idlib province would crush Kurdish militia forces that control the neighboring region...
Pentagon Says ISIS ‘Dead Set’ on Using Chemical Weapons in Iraq
Part of the Islamic State terror group’s plan to turn the northern Iraqi city of Mosul into “hell on earth” could well include a barrage...
US, Turkey Force Kurds to Retreat From Northern Syria Amid Fight Against ISIS
Turkey's US-backed push into northern Syria Wednesday was aimed at ISIS, but also sent the Kurds --Ankara's nemesis and an American ally -- retreating east...
U.S. Starts Arming Kurdish Forces Fighting Islamic State Militants in Iraq
Daily Mail - The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern...
