Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara has issued a presidential decree recognising Kurdish citizenship and language rights, while officially declaring the Nowruz festival a paid national holiday, in a move ...

Syria’s Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it has begun preparations to introduce Kurdish-language curricula in ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday declared Kurdish one of the country's national languages in the wake of recent clashes between the army and Kurdish forces in Aleppo. Kurds in north Syria ...

Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa issued a decree recognising Kurdish as a national language, restoring citizenship and declaring Nowruz an official holiday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents react as a bus carrying men reported to be Kurdish fighters prepares to leave Aleppo's Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsoud ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree affirming the rights of the Kurdish Syrians, formally ...

Syria has formally approved Kurdish-language instruction in public schools under Decree No. 13 of 2026, with officials calling the move historic for national unity, cultural recognition, and equal ...

Syria, which is at the heart of a new Middle East, has become a battleground where different forces compete for gains and losses, for victory or defeat. After their seizure of power, the jihadist ...

Another key component of the decree is the abolition of discriminatory laws and measures dating back to a controversial 1962 census in Hasakah province, which stripped many Kurds of Syrian nationality ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syria's president has declared Kurdish a national language (Bakr ALkasem) (Bakr ALkasem/AFP/AFP) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ...