Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops back from northern Syria, saying in an Ohio debate on Tuesday he had endangered America's longtime Kurdish allies while empowering foes Russia and Syria. In the first Democratic...

France said Wednesday that the security of Kurdish-run prisons holding suspected jihadists in northern Syria was "currently" not threatened by a Turkish military operation in the region. "To my knowledge, the Turkish offensive and the positioning of the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) have...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada in its dispute over the extradition of a Chinese telecom executive. All four measures passed by...

Syria's Kurds, abandoned by President Donald Trump, were always allies of convenience for the United States, expendable when it comes to the strategic relationship with NATO ally Turkey, according to regional experts and US officials. Trump's abrupt decision this month to withdraw US forces...