Operation Peace Spring was a joint operation by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Syrian National Army against the Syrian Democratic Forces, later involving the Syrian Arab Army, in northeastern Syria.
U.S. and Turkish troops rendezvous for a joint patrol in the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, 4 October 2019.
Ras al-Ayn bombing on 10 October 2019.
Smoke rising above Qamishli on 10 October 2019
A checkpoint, abandoned by the SDF outside of Ras al-Ayn on 11 October
The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions of Jazira and E
Having been part of the Fertile Crescent, Northern Syria has several Neolithic sites such as Tell Halaf.
Ruins of the "Red House" of the Assyrian site Dur-Katlimmu exposed by excavations (6th century AD)
The Ba'athist government of Syria under Hafez al-Assad (pictured c. 1987) implemented Arabization policies in northern Syria.
Kurds celebrating Newroz in Girê Tertebê, near Qamishli, in 1997