Russia has been working to establish a new military force in the Kurdish-majority, northeastern part of Syria with the aim to deploy those troops and hardware to areas along the Syria-Turkey border, local sources told VOA. The military force reportedly would replace a U.S.-backed,...

Civilians in opposition-held Syria face a cold, hungry start to the winter with an intensified bombing campaign forcing thousands to flee their homes while fuel shortages threaten medical care and push up prices of food and transport. At least 90 people have been killed and 12,000 have...

The Kurdish YPG militia killed five civilians, including three children, with a car bomb attack in Ras al-Ayn, northern Syria near Turkey's border, said Turkey's Defense Ministry on Thursday.   In a statement, the ministry said the terror group targeted civilians in the village of...

Turkey has turned a school in northern Syria back into an education center Thursday after it was used as a base by the Kurdish YPG militia. The transformation came amid Turkey’s anti-terror operations in northern Syria. A month of renovations at the school were just completed, said a...