Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 14:39 AFP — The top military commander in Syria's autonomous Kurdish region urged Damascus on Saturday to choose the path of dialogue after his forces sealed a key victory over the Islamic State group.

Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 13:03 AFP — The defeat of the Islamic State group's territorial "caliphate" begins a new phase in operations against the jihadists which will target sleeper cells, the top Syrian Kurdish commander said Saturday.

Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 12:55 AFP — The top military commander in Syria's autonomous Kurdish region urged Damascus to choose the path of dialogue after his forces sealed a key victory over the Islamic State group on Saturday.

Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 12:45 AFP —

Saturday, 23 March, 2019 , 07:30 AFP — Now the Islamic State group's "caliphate" has fallen, the hard-won limited autonomy of Syria's Kurds will be left in peril if their key US ally goes ahead with its announced pullout.

Thursday, 21 March, 2019 , 08:42 AFP — Under daily attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and with dozens of its mayors in jail, Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party is fighting an uphill battle for this month's local elections.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 15:06 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside a Kurdish-led force to expel the Islamic State group from its last pocket of territory in eastern Syria has been killed, the force said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 13:13 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside a Kurdish-led force to expel the Islamic State group from its last pocket of territory in eastern Syria has been killed, the force said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 10:37 AFP — An Italian fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed, media reported Tuesday, citing the jihadists and his family.

Tuesday, 19 March, 2019 , 09:35 AFP — Syria's Kurds have criticised the "threatening language" of the Damascus regime after it pledged to retake northeastern areas they control by reconciliation or by force.