ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The new Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad must be built on secular and civil values that respect the rights of minorities, and decentralization is key to ensuring ...

Syria reiterated its rejection of federalism on Wednesday following a meeting with a Kurdish military official, calling on ...

Updated at 7:00 p.m. ET on December 9, 2024. A carnival of joy has erupted in Syria with the fall of the strongman Bashar al-Assad. Syrians have waited a long time and paid a heavy price for this ...

Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a news conference in Hassakeh, Syria, Nov. 26, 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad/AP/File photo ...

Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, told Bloomberg in a phone interview Thursday that, without U.S. support, the Kurds may turn to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to help ...

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests – and vying for power ...

As the Syrian rebel coalition that ousted Bashar al-Assad, ... SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in an early Wednesday post on X that a U.S.-brokered effort had resulted in the agreement.

Updated at 7:00 p.m. ET on December 9, 2024. A carnival of joy has erupted in Syria with the fall of the strongman Bashar al-Assad. Syrians have waited a long time and paid a heavy price for this ...