Friday, 8 November, 2019 , 16:16 AFP — The Pentagon is facing tough questions about the US military's role in Syria. Troops are now limited to a smaller, tougher to defend zone, and focused on protecting oil fields that legally belong to Damascus.

Friday, 8 November, 2019 , 14:16 AFP — Kurdish protesters hurled rocks Friday at Turkish military vehicles in northeastern Syria during a patrol in which one civilian died when he was run over by a personnel carrier.

Friday, 8 November, 2019 , 08:04 AFP — A mayor from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party was arrested on Friday, accused of membership in a "terrorist organisation", according to state news agency Anadolu.

Thursday, 7 November, 2019 , 22:30 AFP — A veteran US diplomat faulted President Donald Trump's administration in an internal memo for not doing more to prevent Turkey's Syria offensive, which he said has caused "ethnic cleansing," a report said Thursday.

Thursday, 7 November, 2019 , 22:09 AFP — The Pentagon said Thursday the United States is not profiting from Syrian oil, despite the deployment of troops to protect oil fields in the country's east.

Thursday, 7 November, 2019 , 15:53 AFP — A British Army reject who travelled to Syria to fight the so-called Islamic State was on Thursday jailed for one year for attending a terror training camp.

Thursday, 7 November, 2019 , 09:29 AFP — Eleven pro-Turkish Syrian fighters were killed Thursday by Kurdish forces in violation of ceasefire agreements aimed at creating a "safe zone" in northern Syria, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Saturday, 2 November, 2019 , 22:59 AFP — A car bomb killed at least 13 people in a Turkish-held border town in northeast Syria Saturday, as thousands of Kurds in the wider region protested against "Turkish occupation".

Saturday, 2 November, 2019 , 19:27 AFP — A car bomb killed at least 13 people in a Turkish-held border town in northeast Syria Saturday, as thousands of Kurds in the wider region protested against "Turkish occupation".

Saturday, 2 November, 2019 , 18:19 AFP — A car bomb killed at least 13 people in a Turkish-held border town in northeast Syria Saturday, as thousands of Kurds in the wider region protested against a "Turkish occupation".