Kurdish controlled syria
Voices from the Arab Press: Iran, the Kurds, and the future of Arab power
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
Syria’s Kurdish autonomy is fading as Arab unrest challenges Damascus’s control
Iran tensions, Syria talks put Iraqi Kurdistan at the center of Middle Eastern diplomacy - analysis
Israel, Kurdistan, and the hopes for a strong political alliance - opinion
Donald Trump will recognize a sovereign Kurdish state
Few people really understand Donald Trump. He’s not like any other president. He thinks outside-the-box.
Turkey, Russia agree on Syrian Kurdish YPG withdrawal, joint patrols
Six days later, Russian and Turkish forces will jointly start to patrol a narrower, 10 km strip of land in the "safe zone" that Ankara has long sought in northeast Syria.
Help fleeing Kurds
If Israel can facilitate treatment there, in third countries or in Israel, this would be a place where lives can be saved.
U.S. senators, Kurdish leader call for Turkey sanctions
Turkey's offensive has displaced some 300,000 people and led to 120 casualties among civilians and 470 among SDF fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Uprooted by war, Kurdish families stuck at Syria-Iraq border crossing
Now all they want is to reach neighboring Iraq.
Arab leadership disputes claims of YPG oppression of locals
This account is now being called into dispute by local Arab leaders. The original affidavit has been translated from Arabic to English.
U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in Syria, says Pence
Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem Friday
Turkey detains four Kurdish mayors in dawn raids
The HDP said 151 of its members, including district officials, had been detained over the past week since Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies launched the assault.
Chief Rabbi: We must do all in our power to help the Kurdish people
The rabbinate said that it is Israel's moral duty to act on this matter immediately before it is too late for the Kurdish people.
Crisis Group: ISIS could stage comeback amid Syria crisis
Syria is not a vacuum and when ISIS makes progress in Syria it will affect Iraq. “ISIS continues its guerilla insurgency in rural areas,” the report notes.
