In Turkey, solidarity with the Kurds of Rojava, in neighboring Syria, is coupled with concern over what the Turkish and Syrian governments intend for this population on both sides of the border.

A ceasefire has been established after three weeks of fighting. The Kurds have secured major gains in local autonomy and national rights, while the Syrian president claims to have restored national ...

Asharq Al Awsat Turkish authorities have blocked a convoy carrying aid to Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria encircled by the Syrian army, NGOs and a Turkish MP said on ...

Washington cannot impose democracy in Syria, nor should it try to. But it can endorse Syria’s territorial unity while insisting that unity without minority rights is a recipe for more instability.