From Kobani experience, U.S identified People's Protection Unites, or YPG — the military arm of Democratic Union Party, or PYD, as in the counter- ISIS fight. ... Turks had witnessed Kobani fight up close and were able to be persuaded of the necessity of U.S.- Kurdish order to defeat..…

In northeast Syria, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces  hold about 12,000 men and boys suspected of ISIS affiliation, including 2,000 to 4,000 foreigners from almost 50 different countries, in overcrowded prisons. Behind the scenes, however, some European States, including Denmark,..…

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama deployed US troops to northeastern Syria on the grounds of helping Kurdish militia People's Protection Units fight ISIS. The US forced Kurdish-led YPG to rebrand as SDF, and then treated them as proxies to try to weaken Syrian government and..…

Al-Baghdadi's in the village, would come as surprise, even if some ISIS leaders are believed to have fled to Idlib after losing their last sliver of territory Syria to U.S.-allied Kurdish forces March. The surrounding areas are largely controlled by rival of Islamic State group, although..…

Baghdad’s death comes after some 2,000 foreign terrorists who fought for ISIS escaped Kurdish prison camps in northern Syria earlier this month. ..…

But once Kurds broke the siege of Kobane and recovered Kurdish-inhabited territory that ISIS had taken, the US insisted that they continue the battle against ISIS in overwhelmingly Arab parts of Syria, including ISIS, Deir Ezzor, and Raqqa, more than one hundred miles..…

U.S and Kurds relied on each other to fight their common enemy, ISIS. Kurdish fighters became, in effect, the government of roughly quarter of Syria, including — to Mr. ..…

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama deployed U.S troops to northeastern Syria on the grounds of helping Kurdish militia People's Protection Units fight ISIS. U.S forced Kurdish-led YPG to , and then treated them as proxies to try to weaken Syrian government and its allies Iran..…

Emphasizing concerns about terrorism, that they are likely to shift their forces from the fight against ISIS, including the guarding of about 10,000 ISIS prisoners now Kurdish detention centers... ..…

Trump responding to the comparisons made between Kurdish and ISIS amid the campaign of Turkish state against Kurdish people.. ... They see the articulation of Kurdish and Paris, Manchester, and New York City.. ..…

The UK Guardian on Thursday reported some 60,000 women and children will be released from al-Hawl, ISIS camp Syrian Kurdish territory. Radicalized women, including some who have been accused of killing other prisoners they say are not adhering to Isis's ideology, believe..…

Beatles by the men they captured while fighting for ISIS, according to Washington Post. ... Thousands of captured ISIS combatants could be released if Turkey beats out the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Syria. ..…

However, there is already a force there fighting ISIS. The YPG Kurdish fighters have been battling the jihadists for years in the area, and they have lost a total of 11,000 fighters in the war against ISIS. . But Turkey has branded the Kurdish fighters as “terrorists.”..…

Similar events, including ISIS's of Kobani, Kurdish-majority Syria, and of Yazidi-majority of Sinjar, Iraq, prompted the formation of U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS, France, and other U.S allies. Together, SDF and the coalition, the former on the ground and the in the air,..…

Bolton and Pompeo have at different times insisted that U.S military forces Syria would be needed to prevent the re-emergence of ISIS, to protect Syrian Kurdish militia. The imminent collapse of ISIS caliphate marks in the course of the conflict and compels fundamental strategic..…

In rough order, first was State Department's provision of weaponry to FSA second, CIA training program Timber Sycamore and third, Operation Inherent Resolve, Pentagon's of the anti- ISIS with Kurdish People's Protection Units, YPG, Syria. ..…

Erdogan then announced that his army will very soon mobilize to eliminate terrorist organizations Syria, in reference both to ISIS and Syrian Kurdish fighters. ..…

Instead, it attacked Yezidi-populated regions of Sinjar, under the control of Kurdish Peshmergas. By attacking Sinjar, ISIS won recruits among Arab tribes in the 'disputed territories, and went to war with Kurds, opening yet another costly front.. ..…

To win the war against ISIS, U.S backed Kurdish forces in the north of Syria--the Kurds Democratic Union Party dominated the military front called Syrian Democratic Forces that, with U.S air support, conquered ISIS's Syrian of Raqqa.. ..…

Demonstration against Iran Vienna. 23 ISIS members killed Operation Cizire Storm.. Rojhilat protested against execution of Kurdish activists. Footage from Hakkari. ..…

Turkey fell out with Washington, NATO ally, over the US reliance during its anti-ISIS operations on Kurdish militias associated with Kurdish Workers Party, against. ..…

And though Vogler doesn’t discuss ISIS and Kurdish black market oil sales to Israel, it appears that these and other methods have been used to leverage Iraqi oil to pump up Israel’s failing economy, which only survives thanks to trillions of dollars of tribute coughed up by American..…

Iraqi government is concerned about the group and Iraqi government-supported Popular Mobilization Forces militias in the region are said to be fighting against Kurdish- ISIS force. ... Conflicting reports about the group have claimed White Flag is terror group made up of the remnants of..…

President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from northeast Syria, following which Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurds who were allies of the U.S. in the fight against ISIS, Kurdish writer Sarbast Bamarni penned a scathing attack on President Trump and his decision. ..…

In October 2014, she was sent to the border between Turkey and Syria to report on the conflict between Iraqi Kurdish forces and ISIS as Islamist militants attempted to capture Syrian town.. ..…

While the interventionists exploiting this tragedy to call for direct U.S attacks on Syrian, fact the boy was from Kurdish fleeing ISIS Kobani. ..…

Contrary to what politicians like Donald Trump may want you to believe, the bulk of the violence taking place overseas is not about Christian persecution it's about the government, rebels, ISIS, and Kurdish factions inflicting maximum damage to each other's strongholds. ..…

Security sources speaking to Fox News note that Kurdish forces YPG YPJ Syria and Peshmerga Iraq have made significant advances in the past months, keeping ISIS from recapturing Turkish of Kobani and even making inroads Raqqa, home to Islamic State's capital city. ... Further evidence of..…

WASHINGTON -- Visiting U.S for the in three years, the leader of one of the chief forces combating Islamic State group had message on Wednesday for his hosts Washington Do not forget who's making the in this fight... ..…

The intensive US and coalition airstrikes harmed ISIS  but, in ITIC's, ISIS's claim that these airstrikes are the reason for its defeat Kobani is not correct and is designed to try to minimize the significance of Kurdish forces and to explain to ISIS's supporters the magnitude of defeat..…

The truth is that Turkey--a of NATO and one of U.S staunchest allies in the region--believes it has more to fear from Kurdish if Kobanê's defenders repel ISIS assault than if the city falls. ... The fall of the city of Kobanê and its occupation by ISIS would represent double..…

the mass flight of Iraqi soldiers to avoid fighting ISIS made way for Kurdish Peshmerga forces to take over. ... Another leader of Kurdish, Rooz Bahjat, describes the struggles of Kurdish soldiers making it difficult to capture ISIS forces without killing..…

By doing so, the Iraqi Kurdish forces have established a direct link with the Syrian “Western Kurdistan” militias that are fighting both the Damascus government and ISIS in the majority-Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria. . ... He referred to the situation in Tal Afar, where a..…