Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani discussed the situation in Syria and prospects for resolving the Kurdish cause with Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during a meeting on Wednesday. Barzani’s office said in a statement that the KDP leader stressed that the Kurdish issue must …

Syria’s Kurds on Saturday said a presidential decree recognizing the minority’s rights and making Kurdish an official language fell short of their expectations as Syrian government forces entered the outskirts of a northern town. In a statement, the Kurdish administration in Syria’s north and northeast said the decree issued by …

Britain is heading for a military disaster in the next decade. That grim conclusion is difficult to avoid given the enormous gulf between the ambitions of British politicians and the threadbare, confused state of its armed forces. The year is barely a fortnight old, and already Keir Starmer’s government has …