STORY: Thousands of Islamic State fighters are held inside this heavily fortified prison guarded by Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed group that holds a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Hundreds of Kurdish Peshmerga forces assigned to joint brigades with the Iraqi Army have been ...

AL SHADADI BASE, Syria (Reuters) -U.S. forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of U.S.-backed ...

Iraqi Kurdistan-based General Yazdanpanah says calls for “decentralization are meaningless, as they will not ensure Kurdish ...

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 ...

This reflects a longstanding paradox in Iraq, a country with vast oil reserves that should be able to cover its electricity ...

Whatever air defense the U.S. or other allies provide Iraqi Kurdistan to help it fend off these attacks, it will be better late than never and a lot better than nothing.

KDP Deputy President Masrour Barzani stated the Kurdistan Women's Union has played a crucial role in defending women's rights ...

HASAKAH, Syria (Reuters) - The Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as they ...