- Joe Biden would likely pressure Turkey to negotiate with PKK and Syrian Kurdish forces: analyst
It is possible that new US President Joe Biden will interact with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds and he would likely will ask Turkey to negotiate with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Anthony Avice Du Buisson told KurdPress in an interview.
12:13 AM - Joe Biden government can mediate between Kurds and Turkey: representative
The head of the office of the Syrian Democratic Council in the United States, requested the continued presence of the United States in Syria and announced the possibility of mediation by the newly-elected President Joe Biden government to resolve the Syrian Kurdish dispute with Ankara.
11:40 PM - SDF commander slams Russian silence on Ain Issa attacks
A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander on Monday criticized Russia for not speaking out against recent attacks on the strategic town of Ain Issa in northeast Syria, also known as Rojava.
12:30 AM - Syrian Kurdish party leader says they are in serious negotiations:
The leader of the Syrian Kurdistan Brotherhood Party (P.B.K) said: The new US representative in the Kurdish-Kurdish talks has come to Syrian Kurdistan and met with the parties to discuss general issues.
12:06 AM - Ankara and Baghdad consider a Kurdish entity as provocative: Turkey Kurdish party leader
The president general of the Kurdistan Islamic Party (PIK) said: "(Turkey President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's invitation to the Iraqi prime minister to visit Turkey is to put pressure on the Kurds and make the Kurds more economically and politically dependent on Ankara and Baghdad."
11:49 PM - SDF says seven Turkish-backed rebels killed in clashes in Ain al-Issa
Seven Turkish-backed rebels were killed and at least three others wounded in clashes east of Ain al-Issa over the past two days, The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed on Tuesday, December 22.
09:46 PM - Turkey-backed Syrian fighters clash with Kurdish forces in Ain Issa
Syrian fighters backed by Turkey clashed on overnight Thursday with Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, Reuters reported.
07:28 PM - Russia is using Erdogan’s threats to blackmail Kurds
The strategic town of Ain Issa that controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and well-known as the political capital of the Kurdish autonomous administration, has recently become the center of tensions. Aiming to take advantage of the US presidential transitional period, Turkey
07:12 PM - Turkey has pulled out its forces from seven Syrian military posts: source
Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents and Turkey-backed rebels, a Turkish source said on Friday, December 18.
10:53 PM - Turkey-backed rebels attack villages in Syrian Kurdistan, kill two civilians
At least two people were killed in fierce clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels east of Ain al-Issa in Syria Kurdistan that began Thursday night, December 17.
09:46 PM - No SDF affiliated forces have attacked Peshmerga positions: command center
The command center of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued a statement denying the reports of Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the SDF, forces have attacked Peshmerga positions.
09:38 PM - Turkey is gradually pull military back in Syrian Kurdistan
Turkey appears to be stepping up troop withdrawals in Syrian Kurdistan as their presence in some areas becomes untenable.
09:26 PM - Kurdish movements should understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan, official tells KurdPress
A member of the representative office of the Syrian Kurdistan Self-ruling Administration in Erbil said: "It is necessary for Kurdish parties to distance themselves from conflict and understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan."
09:37 PM - PYD fighters attack Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces
The deputy head of the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region claimed that a force affiliated with the military forces of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) had attacked Peshmerga forces in the Kurdish region.
09:38 PM - Kurdish farmers blame Turkish-backed militias for olive crop seizure in Afrin
Kurds in the Syria’s northwest region of Afrin accuse Turkish-led forces of seizing the region's olive crops, U.S. government-funded news outlet Voice of America (VoA) reported on Monday.
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