Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...

The Kurds live in a vast territory, which is split across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Armenia. While they share a common ethnic identity and are predominantly Sunni Muslims, they do not have ...

Dozens of Iran-aligned Iraqi Hashd al Shaabi fighters from Iraq also crossed into Syria through a military route near Al Bukamal crossing, a senior Syrian army source told Reuters. "These are ...

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government ... have the support of several neighboring nations, including Turkey, which is one of the strongest backers of rebel groups like the ...

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who discussed the situation in Syria with Turkey's Tayyip ... in years. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has close relations with Iran, which is an ally ...

Barkey said Turkey fears that "Syrian Kurds would cut a deal with any central government in Damascus to achieve an autonomous status just like Iraqi Kurds did following the Iraq war." For Iran ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria ... in Iraq and has provided arms to the Syrian YPG—and the increasingly close relationship between Russia and Turkey.

But Syria is now fragmented into regions controlled by disparate armed factions that have enjoyed backing of varying degrees from Russia, Iran, Turkey, the US, the Gulf states and Israel.