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Syrian government extends deadline for massacre inquiry

The Syrian presidency on Thursday extended by three months the deadline for a national inquiry into the massacre of hundreds of members of the Alawite minority community of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 1,700 people, mainly Alawites,...

Kurds set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria

Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters, doubling down on a decentralized vision opposed by the president. The demand for federal rule has gathered momentum as alarm...

Second batch of Kurdish fighters leaves Aleppo

The second batch of Kurdish fighters affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) left the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods in Aleppo on Wednesday, heading east of the Euphrates River, under the supervision of the General Security Forces. Approximately 500 Kurdish People's...