HASAKAH, Syria—Inside a sprawling facility in northern Syria this summer, a group of U.S.-backed Kurdish special forces trained a cadre of their next generation of fighters. All of them were women.

Iencountered patriarchy and male dominance presiding over women and life, all in conjunction with the occupation of my homeland. We all knew that the state was the root cause,” says Peyman Viyan, the ...

Clean energy is surging despite political attacks. But a slowdown may be looming ...

Clashes erupted between Syria’s army and a U.S.-backed Kurdish group on Monday in the country’s north, an escalation that undermines their planned unification by the end of the year.

HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government and the main Kurdish-led force in the country’s northeast have agreed in principle on a plan to merge the U.S.-backed force as a cohesive group into the ...

Shepherds have gradually returned as Kurdish militants move to end decades of conflict with the Turkish state — Yasin AKGUL Deep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, bordering ...