Abdul Rahman Omar fled his village in the Afrin district in northern Syria eight years ago as a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters swept across the area. Now he is among hundreds of Kurds who ...

After 15 years of Kurdish self-rule, control shifts to government, with security, integration, economic challenges ahead ...

Can Japan send the SDF to Hormuz? The key will be how Tokyo classifies the current situation – but that is complicated by the ...

The government wants to avoid being drawn into U.S. military operations, while also trying to make a certain contribution to demonstrate Japan-U.S. solidarity.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely stress the importance of safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to de-escalate war in the Middle East during talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Washington on Wednesday for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, with ...

Japan has no plan to dispatch naval vessels for escort missions in the Middle East, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded in a social media post that ...

While government officials deny the possibility of an immediate Self-Defense Forces deployment, U.S. calls for support mean discussions are sure to intensify.

The Japanese government has begun examining ways to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran is effectively blocking, under Japan’s pacifist Constitution and existing legal ...

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that there are no plans to deploy the Self-Defense Forces to remove mines in the Strait of Hormuz. "We ...

Syria’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that Sipan Hamo, commander of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), had been appointed deputy defense ...

SDF Group, the manufacturer behind Deutz-Fahr tractors, has expanded its dealer network in Scotland with the appointment of two ...