AN IRANIAN official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming “terrorists and ...
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Asharq Al-Awsat on MSNOpinion

The fearful Kurd and the frightening Kurd

General Mazloum Abdi asked President Ahmad al-Sharaa for something he cannot give. Al-Sharaa cannot parcel out the “new Syria” among its components. Genuine decentralization for Kurdish areas would ...
Syria's government and the SDF engaged in months of talks last year to bring Kurdish-run military and civilian bodies under ...
Jubilant crowds waved Syrian revolutionary flags amid celebratory gunfire as Raqqa residents tore down symbols and statues of ...
The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the ...
The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country ...
Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces effectively capitulated to the Syrian government after suffering crushing losses from a ...
Washington is caught between preventing a collapse of its Kurdish partners’ self-ruling enclave and supporting the Syrian president’s bid to consolidate control over the rest of the country.
In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.
The new unity deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken over a number of strategic assets from the ...
Syria’s leader brokered a ceasefire with US-backed Kurdish forces after capturing most of Syria’s Kurdish-held north-east ...
Syria’s government and a US-backed Kurdish group agreed to end their clashes with a new deal expanding the regime’s control over vital territories and resources, including oil and gas fields.