The Kurdistan region has its own armed forces, the Peshmerga. Among the largest units are the KDP and PUK, which each have ...

HASAKAH, Syria—Inside a sprawling facility in northern Syria this summer, a group of U.S.-backed Kurdish special forces trained a cadre of their next generation of fighters. All of them were women.

On November 19, the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled near Maadan, Syria. While the two factions ...

Iraqi Kurdish security forces opened fire at a drone to prevent it from reaching the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region late on Sunday, two security sources told Reuters.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A cautious calm set in Tuesday morning in neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria after overnight clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters. The ...

HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government and the main Kurdish-led force in the country’s northeast have agreed in principle on a plan to merge the U.S.-backed force as a cohesive group into the ...

Members of the Iraqi security forces and displaced people are casting their ballots in early voting in the country's parliamentary election.