Kurds
!['World has history of once-radical rebel leaders having to moderate to face realities of governance'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/34ff0012-bf04-11ef-a6f5-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA%20AND%20'GOOD%20GOVERNANCE'","hash":"b8f2a1951d1cfc2318bd38e16eff550fe67a7959019074c7374cc9fdf9a08b6b","title":"US-HTS%3A%20Focus%20on%20representation%20or%20'imposing%20Western%20framework'%3F","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241220_180139_181738_CS.webp)
!['Syria one of the most underfunded humanitarian catastrophes in years'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/f26e321c-bbad-11ef-b4ff-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"LONG%20JOURNEY%20BACK","hash":"478f6a29908e4efe93bc9f5cfd8160650edff89774a0ea602e84907e31e02fe3","title":"'Syrians%20need%20to%20feel%20safe%3A%20Not%20just%20on%20street%20but%20also%20in%20their%20minds'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241216_080524_081217_CS.webp)
!['Iran becoming more & more isolated': Erdogan believes he has 'more say in Arab world' than Khamenei](https://s.france24.com/media/display/dc5875aa-bb9e-11ef-92d1-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"IRAN'S%20LOSS%2C%20TURKEY'S%20GAIN","hash":"52fea5c6665dcc57cae8416adcc92e551ac1bc91eb5bfd6bc4c1668776a4cfcf","title":"US%20welcomes%20'conflict%20between%20Turkey%20%26%20Iran%2C%20at%20least%20rhetoric'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241212_180832_181848_CS.webp)
![Who are the main rebel factions operating in Syria?](https://s.france24.com/media/display/e82c94c4-b7f7-11ef-8049-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"502d8d34fe4bac58c90494a8dd8d2e463bf103528c97051ac08ef021196163d2","title":"Who%20are%20the%20main%20rebel%20factions%20in%20Syria%3F","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241211_203417_203616_CS.webp)
![Celebrations in central Damascus on first night without curfew](https://s.france24.com/media/display/2f1664e4-b7f5-11ef-9ac2-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"356170b47e9453b3156aa3e73302841ac671a12e9632e29d5728900b0ffd3d20","title":"Syrians%20celebrate%20in%20central%20Damascus%20as%20night%20curfew%20lifted","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241211_201153_201756_CS.webp)
![Turkish-backed forces launch offensive in a Kurdish-held area of Northern Syria](https://s.france24.com/media/display/a389f160-b651-11ef-9011-005056a90284/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"6a7282b50bf23840b81339e9a184ab2cfa5386ff9169d5f68f28b19eaf9b8eec","title":"Turkish-backed%20forces%20launch%20offensive","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241209_180348_180724_CS.webp)
Analysis
Middle East
Asia / Pacific
Asia / Pacific
![Syria escalation: Drone attack kills 112 at military academy as Turkey pounds northeast](https://s.france24.com/media/display/288d28d2-6450-11ee-bcb8-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA%20ESCALATION","hash":"4ae2c99705051b054ae8a2a749a196a0d63f6746fb537b3b1d3e6875412de0d1","title":"Drone%20attack%20kills%20112%20as%20%250ATurkey%20pounds%20northeast","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20231006_141248_141620_CS.webp)
![Turkey says 26 militants 'neutralised' as conflict escalates in Syria](https://s.france24.com/media/display/ffe8a658-6432-11ee-ad39-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"9a2817957a8e89632851df18595b181923cc29eaa9f5a54ca4eb244a18dde093","title":"Turkey%20says%2026%20%250Amilitants%20'neutralised'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20231006_120548_120734_CS.webp)
