Friday, 25 July, 2025 , 17:50 AFP — Syria, France and the United States said they agreed Friday to convene "as soon as possible" talks in Paris to integrate the autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state.

Thursday, 24 July, 2025 , 17:37 AFP — Syria has rejected Kurdish demands to keep their weapons, a government source said Thursday, as a new round of talks on the Kurds' integration into the state was set to begin.

Wednesday, 23 July, 2025 , 01:10 AFP — Deep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq, Kurdish farmers have gradually returned with their flocks after decades of armed conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish army.

Tuesday, 22 July, 2025 , 12:59 AFP — A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities' intent to rein in the Druze population.

Tuesday, 22 July, 2025 , 05:40 AFP — Deep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq, Kurdish livestock owners and farmers have gradually returned with their animals after decades of armed conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish army.

Sunday, 20 July, 2025 , 04:06 AFP — Fighting in Syria's Sweida "halted" on Sunday, the government said, after the southern city was recaptured by Druze fighters and state forces redeployed to the region where more than 900 people have been killed in sectarian violence.

Sunday, 20 July, 2025 , 02:17 AFP — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday called on the Syrian government's security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and "carrying out massacres" in the conflict-stricken south of the country.

Saturday, 19 July, 2025 , 19:43 AFP — Druze fighters pushed out rival armed factions from Syria's southern city of Sweida on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.

Saturday, 19 July, 2025 , 17:09 AFP — Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.

Saturday, 19 July, 2025 , 14:07 AFP — Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.