The Syrian Army on Thursday accused the PKK terror group of spreading “false and dangerous rumors” among the country’s Kurds in an attempt to intimidate civilians and sow mistrust toward state forces.
Turkey, which regards the SDF as affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that has waged a decades-long insurgency inside Turkey, had a military presence in other parts of northern Syria in support of rebel groups there.
Türkiye’s top officials condemned a cross-border attack on the Turkish flag near the border with Syria, calling the act a deliberate provocation aimed at undermining the nation’s s ....
Turkey warned Tuesday it would not tolerate "provocations" as Kurds in the country prepared to protest over a military offensive targeting Kurds in Syria that has also angered the militant PKK.
During it, al-Sharaa offered Abdi a government post, and proposed nominating a name for al-Hasakah governor, on the condition that the SDF break away from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
SDF says it will adhere to ceasefire ... Al-Sharaa offered Abdi a government post, along with nominating a name for the position of al-Hasakah governor, on the condition that the SDF break away from the umbrella of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ... .
... could pave the way for Turkey to advance its stalled effort to end its decades-long conflict with the PKK, Turkish politicians and officials said on Monday.
Their geopolitical project of building an autonomous region organized according to PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan’s socialist-liberal “democratic confederalist” ideology, which the United States had exploited as a regional wedge, is now over.
The SDF’s commitment to expel all non SyrianPKK leaders and members outside the borders of the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure sovereignty and regional stability.
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed ringleader of the PKK terrorist group, announced he was ready to take part in efforts to end tensions in Syria, where the group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, ....