Syria merges Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions. SDF controls much of northeastern Syria, and has held out against control from Damascus for years.

Turkey views the Syrian Democratic Forces’ main factions, colloquially termed the YPG and YPJ, as affiliates of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a separatist group it considers a terrorist organization.

According to the AP, “The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces previously said Ocalan’s call for a dissolution does not apply to his group in Syria.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party said the attack was retaliation for Turkish actions against Kurdish ... Further strikes targeted the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria, ...

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintains a ...

A recent attack on the headquarters of a prominent defense company in the Turkish capital of Ankara has brought the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, back into focus. The outlawed Kurdish militant ...

(Reuters) - An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ...

Syrian Kurds make the peace sign as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms in Hasakah, Syria February 27 ...

After Bashar al-Assad's ouster, there are questions about the fate of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition that currently controls a third of Syrian territory.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they have launched a counteroffensive against the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army to take back areas near Syria's northern border with Turkey.

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintains a ...