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.

Syrians gathered in the iconic Umayyad Square in Damascus to protest against the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria on Friday ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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, ...

Kurdish-led forces on Friday started pulling out from Syria's northern province of Aleppo under a recent deal reached between the US-backed militia and the country's new leadership. Members of the ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its ...

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.