Kurdish controlled syria

Israel’s safety tied to Kurdish security, Kurdish-Jewish Alliance board tells 'Post'

Four Swiss Kurdish groups wrote to Israeli amb. Tibor Schlosser and President Isaac Herzog, hoping Jerusalem will provide aid to minorities attacked by the Sharaa regime.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrive at the Kurdish-held city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane on January 23, 2026
Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces stand guard at a military base near the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq on January 23, 2026.

Baghdad has no reason to send forces to Iran amid protests, Iraqi scholar tells 'Post'

According to some media outlets, including Iran International, thousands of Iraqi militiamen have already crossed into Iran to help Tehran suppress the ongoing protests.

|BySUZAN QUITAZ
Members of the Syrian government security forces stand guard as a group of detainees gather at al-Hol camp after the government took control of it following the withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Hasaka, Syria, January 21, 2026.

Syria extends ceasefire with Kurds to support ISIS detainee transfer

The extension was decided to support a United States operation to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq, Syria's defence ministry stated.

|ByREUTERS
Soldiers ride on a tank as Syrian government forces make their way to the city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria on Tuesday.

As Syrian forces push northeast, Kurds mobilize against new jihadi assault

BEHIND THE LINES: As Syrian forces push into Kurdish regions, the Syrian Democratic Council calls for urgent global intervention to prevent a massacre.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER

Help fleeing Kurds

If Israel can facilitate treatment there, in third countries or in Israel, this would be a place where lives can be saved.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Protesters hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a rally against the Turkish military operation in Syria, in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2019

U.S. senators, Kurdish leader call for Turkey sanctions

Turkey's offensive has displaced some 300,000 people and led to 120 casualties among civilians and 470 among SDF fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByREUTERS
U.S. and Turkish military forces conduct a joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism area in northeast, Syria, October 4, 2019. Picture taken October 4, 2019

Uprooted by war, Kurdish families stuck at Syria-Iraq border crossing

Now all they want is to reach neighboring Iraq.

OCTOBER 21, 2019ByREUTERS
A man waves a Kurdistan flag as a Turkish military truck escorts a convoy of peshmerga vehicles at Habur border gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi in southeastern Turkey.

Arab leadership disputes claims of YPG oppression of locals

This account is now being called into dispute by local Arab leaders. The original affidavit has been translated from Arabic to English.

OCTOBER 21, 2019ByIRINA TSUKERMAN
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) take part in a military parade as they celebrate victory over the Islamic state, in Qamishli, Syria March 28, 2019

U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in Syria, says Pence

Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem Friday

OCTOBER 18, 2019ByREUTERS, OMRI NAHMIAS, TOVAH LAZAROFF
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2019.

Turkey detains four Kurdish mayors in dawn raids

The HDP said 151 of its members, including district officials, had been detained over the past week since Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies launched the assault.

OCTOBER 15, 2019ByREUTERS
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk together near the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, October 12, 2019

Chief Rabbi: We must do all in our power to help the Kurdish people

The rabbinate said that it is Israel's moral duty to act on this matter immediately before it is too late for the Kurdish people.

OCTOBER 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chief Rabbi David Lau and President Reuven Rivlin discuss need to help Kurds at Lau's succah, Oct. 15, 2019

Crisis Group: ISIS could stage comeback amid Syria crisis

Syria is not a vacuum and when ISIS makes progress in Syria it will affect Iraq. “ISIS continues its guerilla insurgency in rural areas,” the report notes.

OCTOBER 12, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Turkish military helicopter flies over as Turkish and U.S. troops return from a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Akcakale, Turkey, September 8, 2019

Turkey intensifies Syria campaign as Islamic State strikes Kurds

The Kurds, who recaptured swathes of northeastern Syria from Islamic State with the backing of the United States, say the Turkish assault could allow the jihadist group to re-emerge.

OCTOBER 11, 2019ByREUTERS
Turkish army tanks manoeuver as Turkish Kurds watch over the Syrian town of Kobani

Editor's Notes: Trump’s new order, abandoning allies

“[They] didn’t help us in the Second World War, they didn’t help us with Normandy…” they fought “for their land,” Trump said when asked about his decision to stab the Kurds in the back.

OCTOBER 10, 2019ByYAAKOV KATZ
Ras al-Ain as it is pictured from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar.