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.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have announced a new agreement with Syria's central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire.

The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed ...

The sides announced the agreement after government forces under President Ahmed al-Sharaa captured swathes of northern and ...

The failure to support the U.S.-backed militia could create an opening for Islamic State, White House allies say.

Garbis Korajian’s autobiography is not only an engaging memoir, but an important commentary on a microcosm of society in ...

Northeast Syria, for long the most stable corner of the country, has been plunged into turmoil following a military campaign ...

What do these developments mean for the country’s political transition? This briefing featured Charles Lister, Senior Fellow ...

Civilians evacuate an area of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Jan.

The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly ...

The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in ...

The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region ...