Late last year, two American Marxists traveled to northeastern Syria with the goal of experiencing firsthand the egalitarian utopia Syria’s Kurds are seeking to build. Instead, they found themselves fighting on the front lines of a war, against the Islamic State and alongside the agents of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey has informed the Free Syrian army groups which fought under Euphrates Shield banner to be ready for Raqqa battle despite the suspension of the military operation by Turkish National Security Council on Wednesday, FSA commander told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. Former Syrian...

President Tayyip Erdogan described himself as a "guardian of peace" on Saturday as he called on Kurds in conflict-torn southeast Turkey to vote "yes" in a referendum in two weeks time on reforms that would grant him sweeping new powers. Since the collapse of a two-year-old cease-fire in July...

 In a muddy camp in northern Syria, civilians who fled Raqqa said fear of an expected U.S.-backed assault on the ISIS bastion was reaching a fever pitch. This week, hundreds of civilians escaped Raqqa and headed north to the camp in Ain Issa, in territory controlled by the Syrian...