The highest number of restrictions occurred in the fields of media and culture and arts.

US-backed Kurdish fighters withdrew from Aleppo's Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods, enhancing a deal with Syria's central government that may merge Kurdish-led forces with the Syrian army.

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters have left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo part of a deal with the ...

They also promoted Kurdish as a language of instruction for the first time. While acknowledging the technical difficulties of aligning the Rojava curriculum with national standards, Turko vowed to ...

A DEM lawmaker there, Mehmet Zeki Irmez, said his party was gathering local opinions on Kurdish political and language rights. "The state should take steps, but unfortunately we cannot feel this ...

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In return, they have been promised constitutional and language rights. The Syrian interim government signed an agreement on Monday with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that govern ...

At Sirnak's Newroz celebrations last week, Kurds danced and sang folk songs. A DEM lawmaker there, Mehmet Zeki Irmez, said his party was gathering local opinions on Kurdish political and language ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stands on their vehicles, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria’s ...

They fear the new leadership in Damascus will roll back many of their rights - including teaching the Kurdish language in school and having women in senior governing posts. In a written statement ...