Foreign Office issues travel warning for parts of Turkey

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a travel warning for Turkey advising against all travel to ...

Syrian soldiers take victory lap in US Humvee as Kurds lay down arms

Syria’s leader brokered a ceasefire with US-backed Kurdish forces after capturing most of Syria’s Kurdish-held north-east ...

Syria's power struggle: Who controls what, and why fighting continues

For some commentators, the current conflict in Syria boils down to the new Syrian government attacking Kurdish forces. While ...

Syrian forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria, security sources say

Syrian troops fighting U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas ...

Syrian government forces sweep into Raqqa in ongoing push into Kurdish-held areas

Syrian government forces have entered Raqqa as part of their ongoing push against U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces in ...

Iranians use Turkey border to access internet during blackouts

KAPIKOY BORDER CROSSING, Turkey — A border crossing with Iran in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has not seen a major influx ...

Armed Kurdish fighters try to breach Iran border as regional threat grows amid protests: reports

Turkey's intelligence agency MIT warned Iran's Revolutionary Guard about Kurdish fighters trying to cross the Iran-Iraq ...

Exclusive: Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq, sources say

DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Armed Kurdish separatist groups sought to cross the border into Iran from Iraq, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a sign of foreign entities potentially ...