Tayyip Erdogan's long-held goal of ending Turkey's conflict with Kurdish militants is a step closer after their jailed ...

saying that it would resolve Turkey’s security concerns and ease the situation for his own forces in Syria. His priority was his own negotiations with the new government in Damascus, he said.

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Violent clashes broke out in Jaramana, a suburb near Damascus, between Syria’s new Turkish-backed ...

Netanyahu and Katz instructed the Israeli military to prepare to defend the city of Jaramana, located about 1.8 miles southeast of Damascus, in the Rif Dimashq (“Damascus Suburb”) Governorate on the ...

Turkey, the United States and other countries ... and remain outside of the control of the new Syrian government in Damascus. Since the 1991 Gulf War, the largely Kurdish northern region of ...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said ... tolerate the new Syrian government’s forces being deployed south of Damascus. “Netanyahu’s government and those who follow his agenda are ...

The executive committee of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) early on March 1 declared a ceasefire with Turkey. The move ...

was led by Ocalan from Syria until Turkey threatened war in 1998, forcing Damascus to expel him. He sought refuge in Russia, then Italy and Greece before he was captured in the Kenyan capital ...

"In reality, we are still at war with Turkey and its proxies. Turkish jets and drones continue to bomb us," he says, adding: "In Damascus, it remains unclear what steps the new government will take.

The newspaper noted that Leader Ocalan’s call indicates that the Kurds are moving toward a peace process with Turkey for the first time in decades, paving the way for political reforms or early ...

Turkey - one of the Syrian government's closest allies - accused ... Israel accuses the new government in Damascus, which came into power following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in December, of being ...