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French, UK, Turkish troops could be deployed in Ukraine right after peace deal, Macron says kyivindependent.com/peacekeepers...
French, UK, Turkish troops could be deployed in Ukraine right after peace deal, Macron says
Forces operating under the "Coalition of the Willing" would be deployed to rear locations, such as Kyiv or Odesa, to provide security and training, Macron said.
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
French, UK, Turkish troops could be deployed in Ukraine right after peace deal, Macron says kyivindependent.com/peacekeepers...
Syrians displaced by war are returning to find homes occupied by foreign fighters
Syrians displaced by war are returning to find homes occupied by foreign fighters
Fighters have settled across northern Syria, surprising displaced Syrians who've tried to return to their homes. Nearly a year after the war's end, sorting out property ownership remains a pressing…
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Syrians displaced by war are returning to find homes occupied by foreign fighters
US, UN weigh in as SDF-Damascus tensions surge www.rudaw.net/english/worl...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
US, UN weigh in as SDF-Damascus tensions surge www.rudaw.net/english/worl...
Minority Alawites Protest in Syria After Sectarian Attacks
Minority Alawites Protest in Syria After Sectarian Attacks
The demonstrations followed unrest over the weekend in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, which set off reprisal attacks on Alawites, a community once favored by the ousted Assad regime.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Minority Alawites Protest in Syria After Sectarian Attacks
PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
The ongoing deadlock between Damascus and the SDF is seen as a major obstacle to progress in Turkey’s efforts to address its long-standing Kurdish issue.
www.al-monitor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Members of Al-Hamzatbbeat Kurdish civilian in Al-Shuhabaa www.syriahr.com/en/373902/
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Members of Al-Hamzatbbeat Kurdish civilian in Al-Shuhabaa www.syriahr.com/en/373902/
How the Kurds Outlived Empires and Borders intpolicydigest.org/how-the-kurd...
How the Kurds Outlived Empires and Borders
The enduring story of the Kurdish people and their unbreakable spirit.
intpolicydigest.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How the Kurds Outlived Empires and Borders intpolicydigest.org/how-the-kurd...
Kurdistan Diaspora Sets Up Brussels Center as Bridge to EU and NATO
Kurdistan Diaspora Sets Up Brussels Center as Bridge to EU and NATO
New Kurdistan Diaspora Center opens in Brussels to unite Kurds, preserve culture, and act as a strategic bridge between the EU, NATO, and Kurdistan.
www.kurdistan24.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Kurdistan Diaspora Sets Up Brussels Center as Bridge to EU and NATO
Kurdish parties' remain divided, stall KRG formation www.rudaw.net/english/kurd...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Kurdish parties' remain divided, stall KRG formation www.rudaw.net/english/kurd...
Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’ news.un.org/en/story/202...
Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’
Nearly a year on from the fall of Assad, Syrians still lack many basic necessities as the transitional government works to shore up the economy and build social cohesion.
news.un.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’ news.un.org/en/story/202...
ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/isis-prisons-and-camps-are-festering-in-a-fragile-syria-as-aid-peters-out-6f6f64c1 www.wsj.com/world/middle...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/isis-prisons-and-camps-are-festering-in-a-fragile-syria-as-aid-peters-out-6f6f64c1 www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return p.dw.com/p/53zWZ
Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return – DW – 11/23/2025
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were…
p.dw.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return p.dw.com/p/53zWZ
Family Who Died While Visiting Istanbul May Have Been Poisoned, Authorities Say
Family Who Died While Visiting Istanbul May Have Been Poisoned, Authorities Say
Investigators are examining whether the family of four from Germany, including two children, died from exposure to a toxic chemical found in their hotel room.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Family Who Died While Visiting Istanbul May Have Been Poisoned, Authorities Say
Houthis Sentence 17 to Death for Alleged Espionage as Crackdown Intensifies After Israeli Strikes
Houthis Sentence 17 to Death for Alleged Espionage as Crackdown Intensifies After Israeli Strikes
Houthis sentenced 17 people to death by firing squad on charges of spying for the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, marking one of their largest mass convictions tied to foreign intelligence…
www.kurdistan24.net
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Houthis Sentence 17 to Death for Alleged Espionage as Crackdown Intensifies After Israeli Strikes
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves
More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves
Prominent Iraqi Sunni politician urges partnership with Kurds, rejects selective governance thenewregion.com/posts/3722
Prominent Iraqi Sunni politician urges partnership with Kurds, rejects selective governance
Prominent Iraqi Sunni politician and leader of the Sovereignty Alliance Khamis al-Khanjar said Iraq cannot form a government without the participation of Erbil and President Masoud Barzani, calling…
thenewregion.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Prominent Iraqi Sunni politician urges partnership with Kurds, rejects selective governance thenewregion.com/posts/3722
Netanyahu's tour of the Golan buffer zone sends a message to Syria and Washington
Netanyahu's tour of the Golan buffer zone sends a message to Syria—and Washington
Commentary: Netanyahu’s visit to the Syrian border, backed by a rare high-level entourage, aimed to signal to al-Sharaa and Trump: Israel won’t yield on security; the message appears to have been…
www.ynetnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Netanyahu's tour of the Golan buffer zone sends a message to Syria and Washington
French expert warns that Syria could be turned into an Islamic republic www.rudaw.net/english/midd...
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
French expert warns that Syria could be turned into an Islamic republic www.rudaw.net/english/midd...
US Federal Court Orders Trump To Delay Termination of TPS for Syria -https://syrianobserver.com/refugees/federal-court-orders-trump-to-delay-termination-of-tps-for-syria.html
Federal Court Orders Trump To Delay Termination of TPS for Syria - The Syrian Observer
Without the court intervention, this Friday, November 21, more than 6,100 Syrians would have lost their legal status, the IRAP says.
syrianobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
US Federal Court Orders Trump To Delay Termination of TPS for Syria -https://syrianobserver.com/refugees/federal-court-orders-trump-to-delay-termination-of-tps-for-syria.html
Kurdish official calls for decentralized Syria, women’s representation in leadership
Kurdish official calls for decentralized Syria, women’s representation in leadership
The Syrian system of governance “is a system that’s completely centralized, a system with an authoritarian mentality,” Ahmed said
thenewregion.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Kurdish official calls for decentralized Syria, women’s representation in leadership
Kurdish Man Shot Dead by Police at Checkpoint in Iran iranwire.com/en/news/1464...
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Kurdish Man Shot Dead by Police at Checkpoint in Iran iranwire.com/en/news/1464...
Mazloum Abdi says SDF poses 'no threat' to Turkey or Syria www.newarab.com/news/mazloum...
Mazloum Abdi says SDF poses ’no threat’ to Turkey or Syria
The commander of the Kurdish-led SDF, who control most of northeastern Syria, has made remarks conciliatory to the Syrian government and Turkey
www.newarab.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Mazloum Abdi says SDF poses 'no threat' to Turkey or Syria www.newarab.com/news/mazloum...
Syrian Kurdish leader insists on decentralised governance as pressure mounts www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Syrian Kurdish leader insists on decentralised governance as pressure mounts | The National
SDF militia is not finished as fighting force but will have to relinquish territory to the new government in Damascus, sources say
www.thenationalnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Syrian Kurdish leader insists on decentralised governance as pressure mounts www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Mazloum Abdi Calls for Dialogue, Decentralization, and Kurdish Rights www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/876...
SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi Calls for Dialogue, Decentralization, and Kurdish Rights at MEPS 2025
Speaking at MEPS 2025 in Duhok, Abdi stresses dialogue over conflict, highlights the March 10 agreement, and urges recognition of Kurdish rights in Syria.
www.kurdistan24.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mazloum Abdi Calls for Dialogue, Decentralization, and Kurdish Rights www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/876...
Kurdistan Region President Barzani emphasizes Kurdistan’s need for a constitution www.rudaw.net/english/kurd...
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Kurdistan Region President Barzani emphasizes Kurdistan’s need for a constitution www.rudaw.net/english/kurd...