The toppling of Ankara’s archenemy Bashar al-Assad in Syria may have increased Turkey’s regional influence but it ... which Ankara considers to be an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

Here’s a look at the different forces vying for control in Syria after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. ... Kurdish forces in Syria to be linked to Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

24 March 2012 ERBIL - An intelligence report submitted to the Turkish government suggests that the Syrian regime has rekindled its support for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in ...

Turkey views the YPG as closely linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). This group has conducted a decades-long insurgency in Turkey and is designated as a terrorist organization by the US.

Syrian rebels—long thought to have lost their fight against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime—shocked the world on December 1 after overrunning Syria’s second city, Aleppo, amid a ...

During one of the crises between the two countries in 1989, Turkey grew frustrated with Hafez al-Assad’s support for Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The sudden downfall of longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the hands of a rapid rebel offensive has brought a dramatic new turn to Syria's nearly 14-year civil war.

But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, ... The Kurdistan Workers’ Party said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.