The gambit could give the Turkish president a chance to extend his power, while also calming a conflict that threatens to undermine the new Syrian government.

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

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a disarmament call from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a trip to Ankara on Monday where he met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip ... 8 toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has been serving a life sentence in prison since 1999. An ally of ...

Jailed Kurdish separatist leader calls for PKK to disarm in move that could shake up Turkey and Middle East - Abdullah Ocalan’s message follows four decades of guerrilla warfare ...

The same commander became Syria’s new president after a rebel alliance he led ousted the strongman Bashar al-Assad in December. He broke with Al Qaeda years ago and now goes by his real name ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of Syrian politicians and activists gathered Tuesday in Damascus to endorse the opening steps of the country’s political transition, a milestone event after decades ...

Al-Shalchi was among the first Western journalists to enter Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. She covered the jubilation of the first Friday prayers after Assad's fall to the ...