Sunday, 24 April, 2016 , 11:02 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries were Sunday engaged in clashes that have killed nine people in a flashpoint town and closed the highway to Baghdad, officials said.

Sunday, 24 April, 2016 , 10:07 AFP — Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives agreed Sunday to swap prisoners as they seek to maintain a truce that ended days of fighting in the northeastern city of Qamishli, security sources said.

Sunday, 24 April, 2016 , 09:30 AFP — Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries were Sunday engaged in clashes that have killed at least nine people in a flashpoint town during the past 24 hours, officials said.

Saturday, 23 April, 2016 , 15:33 AFP — Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives were to meet Saturday for a second day of talks on ending deadly clashes in the northeastern city of Qamishli, a senior security source said.

Saturday, 23 April, 2016 , 08:11 AFP — Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives were to meet on Saturday for a second day of talks on ending deadly clashes in the northeastern city of Qamishli, a senior security source said.

Friday, 22 April, 2016 , 22:33 AFP — Kurdish fighters and Syrian government representatives agreed on Friday to an indefinite ceasefire after three days of clashes in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Kurdish security forces said.

Friday, 22 April, 2016 , 15:13 AFP — Syrian government representatives flew in from Damascus on Friday to try to calm three days of deadly clashes with Kurdish militia in the northeastern city of Qamishli, a security official said.

Friday, 22 April, 2016 , 08:58 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed and others wounded Friday by a roadside bomb in the Kurdish majority southeast of the country, medical and military sources told AFP.

Thursday, 21 April, 2016 , 14:05 AFP — Fifty Syrian pro-government fighters surrendered Thursday to Kurdish forces in the northeastern city of Qamishli, a Kurdish security source said as fighting raged for the second consecutive day.

Thursday, 21 April, 2016 , 11:44 AFP — In a leafy field in Syria, fighters in beige fatigues negotiate an obstacle course as they are trained to defend a Kurdish federal region across the country's north.