A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups ...

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria ...

Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left ...

But after Assad's brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in 2011 ... Turkey's roles or goals in Syria now? TANIS: Senior Turkish officials clearly laid out their goals in interviews over the weekend.

Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched the assault that ultimately toppled President Bashar al-Assad. Here’s who else has been fighting in Syria.

The relationship turned sour with the Arab Spring protests of 2011. Mr. al-Assad chose ... northern Syria and helped Ankara fight Kurdish forces that Turkey viewed as a threat.

A top Kurdish ... during the 2011 uprising that led to the civil war. He was arrested along with tens of thousands of other Syrians who participated in the pro-democracy protests that had taken ...

The collapse of his rule stunned the world and sparked celebrations around Syria and beyond, after his crackdown on protests in 2011 triggered ... of Kurdish separatist fighters -- a goal supported by ...

Many of the protesters waved the green flag of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), an affiliate of the Kurdish People's Protection Units militia (YPG) that Turkey deems a national security threat ...