Jan 22 (Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish forces have lost control of big parts of the country this month as government troops under President Ahmed al-Sharaa seek to bring their security forces and territory ...

Washington cannot impose democracy in Syria, nor should it try to. But it can endorse Syria’s territorial unity while insisting that unity without minority rights is a recipe for more instability.

The extent of the violence used by the security forces against demonstrators in Iran has deeply shocked the population. Triggered by an economic crisis, mass protests broke out across the country at ...

In early January this year, the Syrian city of Aleppo descended into violence. Predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods in the ...

Particularly, the Syrian Kurds now regard themselves as victims of international betrayal, as they were the most effective US ...

In the long and turbulent history of the modern Middle East, one of the region’s more enduring traits has been the willingness of the world’s major powers to betray the aspirations of the Kurdish ...

In early January 2026, Syrian forces, backed by Turkish and jihadist groups, laid siege to Kurdish enclaves in Northern Syria, cutting off food, water and medicine and carrying out summary executions ...

Daniel Neep’s excellent account corrects the traditional narrative to show a nation surviving and resisting the powers that ...

Nigeria has signed fresh security agreements with Türkiye to help in its fight against insecurity. Daily Trust gathered that ...

For nearly a hundred years, the Middle East has rarely known peace. From Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and Yemen, from the ...

Particularly, the Syrian Kurds now regard themselves as victims of international betrayal, as they were the most effective US ally in the Syrian conflict against ISIS. Throughout history, others have ...