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Footage shows a Kurdish sniper taking position in a house in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, firing on advancing armed factions aligned with Damascus, as heavy clashes enter their fifth day.

#BREAKING: Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa tells Rudaw that Damascus and Kurds will integrate. He expressed respect for Syria’s Kurdish population, saying “The Kurds are in our eyes.”

#BREAKING: Smoke rises from a building at Erbil’s Sky Tower residential project after it was hit by a suspected Iranian projectile.

Kurdish residents of Istanbul chanted “Who are we? We are Kurds” after Amedspor, a Kurdish football club, secured promotion to the Turkish Super League. 📹: Omer Sonmez/Rudaw

#BREAKING: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) published footage of what it said was "Damascus-affiliated factions" continuing their "attacks on Kobane [in northeast Syria, Rojava] and the al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa," which hold ISIS members.

A Kurdish father laments that he has fed his children only water for the past week due to the severe conditions in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, where fierce clashes have been ongoing between Kurdish fighters and Damascus-backed armed factions.

Men and women in Qamishli, northern Syria, have taken up arms to defend the Kurdish region, responding to a call for general mobilization against ongoing attacks by armed factions backed by Damascus.

The Kurdish diaspora took to the streets of Vienna, Austria, calling on the international community to support Kurds in Rojava amid a major military offensive on the Kurdish enclave by armed groups aligned with Damascus.

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Diplomats again walked out en masse during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN on Thursday. Rudaw’s UN correspondent, who was inside the hall, explains why footage of the walkout could be misleading.

Amara was the youngest among the Kurdish fighters killed in the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsood in Aleppo, as they resisted a full-scale military campaign by the Syrian Arab Army in recent days.

#BREAKING: Massive explosion rocks the Syrian capital Damascus during a live report by Rudaw correspondent Solin Mohammedamin.

The Kurdish-led SDF said on Saturday that a Kurdish female fighter was executed and thrown from a building by the Syrian army. The fighter was reportedly captured by armed men after resisting an army attack in the Kurdish-majority neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsood for hours.

A survivor of the overnight fire at Kobane prison recounts how several of his cellmates died before his eyes as they desperately pleaded with guards to open the prison door. “Set yourself on fire” and “Burn like dogs” were the responses from state-affiliated forces, he said. READ MORE:

The Shingal Resistance Units (YBS), which is believed to be affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reached an agreement with the Iraqi government on Friday to lay down its arms and integrate into state forces. READ MORE:

A video shows a Damascus-affiliated militant vandalizing and insulting graves of slain fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hasaka in northeast Syria (Rojava), while filming the desecration at a cemetery.

US Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack told Rudaw's Namo Abdulla on Thursday that Peshmerga forces are not militia, describing Kurds as "great friends of America."

After over two weeks of fighting in Syria, the UN Security Council held its first meeting on the situation Thursday as UN said civilians face water shortages and school and hospital closures. Only one country condemned the assault on the Kurdish-led SDF that helped defeat ISIS.

Milad Karami, a fearless explorer from western Iran (Rojhelat) captured jaw-dropping moments to showcase his region’s beauty and Kurdish culture - but warns viewers: don’t try this at home!

US Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack told Rudaw’s Namo Abdulla on Tuesday that the recent Peshmerga unification is “hopeful,” saying the US deals with states, not militias.

Kurdish students, parents and teachers rallied in northeast Syria's Rojava region on Monday against a Syrian government decision to end full Kurdish-medium schooling, arguing it falls short of their demands for language rights. READ MORE:

Kurdish fighters say they continue to resist in the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood of Aleppo, rejecting a claim by the Syrian Arab Army that it has taken control of the area.

Shirin is a survivor, wife, daughter and sister of victims sheinsists were killed by "Damascus state forces" in Deir ez-Zor on the same day Syrian interim President Sharaa announced a ceasefire with the SDF. "Kurd or Arab?" the gunmen asked. READ MORE:

Samet Dagul, who is wanted in Turkey over alleged al-Qaeda ties, has appeared near Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo posing as a “journalist” while covering government attacks on the areas. According to Turkey’s interior ministry, he was born in Germany's Hanau in 1993.

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have published footage they say "captures the moment Damascus-affiliated factions stormed al-Shaddadi prison [in Hasaka] - which houses thousands of ISIS members - and freed them." 📹: SDF_Syria/X

The sister of a Kurdish member of the Syrian army on Friday recounted the final moments before her brother was brutally killed near Hasaka city in northeast Syria (Rojava), as authorities said the main suspect had been identified but had yet to be arrested. READ MORE:

US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack told Rudaw that within Syria and neighboring Iraq, “federalism doesn’t work,” while criticizing the Kurdish-led SDF for being “slow” in negotiations with the Damascus government. READ MORE:

US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said the US has deep appreciation for the SDF, but “There’s no indication that there’s going to be a free Kurdistan or a separate SDF state.”