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A displaced Syrian child and her mother, who fled the countryside surrounding the Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold of Raqa. (AFP)

July 12th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Analysis: What Does the Future Hold For Syria’s Kurds?

Since the beginning of the Syrian war Rojava, or 'West Kurdistan' has achieved unprecedented de-facto autonomy.

Back in 2012, a Kurdish man guards a checkpoint on the road to the city of Afrin near the Syria-Turkey border (AFP)

June 30th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Turkey to Launch Military Operation in Afrin

The Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by the US, won back Tabqa. (AFP)

June 11th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

SDF, PYD Negotiate with Daesh over Raqqa, Save Exit

The Baiterek monument in central Astana on 22 January before Syrian peace talks begin. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Rebel negotiator claims Astana talks were ‘neither a failure nor a success’

Iranian, Russian and Turkish foreign ministers, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu (From L) attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2016. (AFP/File)

January 17th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Turkish and Russian foreign ministers discuss preparations for Syria talks

Turkish tanks are seen during a military operation in Jarabulus in northern Syria. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Turkish jets continue strikes on US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria

A Turkish boy waves to Turkish tank convoy driving into Syria from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 26, 2016. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

August 30th, 2016 - 02:30 GMT

Kurdish PYD: Turkish forces will not be allowed into ‘liberated areas’ in Syria

The Turkish military retaliated both attacks with counterattacks on Kurdish positions. (AFP/File)

August 23rd, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Syrian projectiles hit southern Turkey amid increasing border tensions

Syrian men look at the damage on June 13, 2016, following reported air strikes the previous night on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Mashhad in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP/Ameer al-Halbi)

June 16th, 2016 - 06:01 GMT

US: Coalition completes isolation of Manbij on Syria-Turkey border

Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Head of the Government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari speaks during a press conference in Geneva on March 16, 2016 during the second round of Syrian peace talks at the UN headquarters. (AFP/Philippe Desmazes)

March 17th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Syrian regime rejects Kurdish ‘federal region,’ stressing territorial unity

Demonstrators hold carnations and pictures of victims of Sunday's suicide bomb attack during a silent march to pay tributes to the victims, in Ankara, on March 15, 2016 in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

March 15th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Turkish officials: Ankara bomber identified as 24-year-old Seher Cagla Demir

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January 22nd, 2016 - 01:37 GMT

Syrian Kurds demand representation at Geneva talks

The Giza Pyramids aren't in fact the oldest in Egypt (Wikimedia Commons)

June 23rd, 2015 - 03:53 GMT

Think you've seen the Egyptian pyramids? Think again.

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