(Reuters) - Syrian Kurds are demanding their own delegation separate from both the government and opposition at next month's peace talks in Switzerland aimed at halting the conflict inSyria, Kurdish political leaders said on Thursday. The Kurds say they need independent representation because their demands in negotiations over Syria's future are distinct ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) ODT - Ankaras Middle Eastern Technical University - has been the center of fresh tension late on Nov. 17, as the police responded with tear gas and water cannons against protesters who gathered to denounce the construction of a wall at the Turkey and Syria border. Police crackdowns have become constant since the Metropolitan ...

Local Kurdish fighters in Syria have gained more ground in the northeastern part of the Arab country a day after they announced an interim autonomous government. On Wednesday, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) said that its fighters had pushed back al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in a southern part of the largely Kurdish-populated province of Hasakah ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Syrian Kurd leader opposed the recent remarks of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President about intervention in support of the Syrian Kurds against terrorist attacks, but meantime said his people welcome logistical and arms backup from the KRG. We are against the presence of Kurdish warriors coming from Iraq to Syria ...

Turkey has warned Syrian Kurds against any plans for establishing an autonomous Kurdish region in northern part of Syria. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the warning was delivered by a Turkish official to Salih Muslim, the leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) of Syria, who arrived in Turkey to meet with Turkish intelligence ...