Turkey expects Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw east of the Euphrates river after they and other U.S.-backed forces seized control of the Syrian town of Manbij from Islamic State last week, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- militants of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) have arrested many Kurdish leaders and activists in the Northern countryside of Hasaka, while a car bomb exploded near al-Shadadi, claimed to be for the Islamic State. Activist Mahmood al-Ahmed from Qamishli city revealed that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition sources in Syrian National Coalition political body clarified what has been reported about special envoy to Syria Michael Ratney’s request of SNC to cooperate with Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD. The sources indicated the traditional meeting focused on the...

The PYD, the Syrian affiliate of the terrorist PKK organization, is being accused of attempting to change the demographic structure in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. According to local sources, PYD forces set ablaze civil registry and land registry buildings in Manbij, shortly after...