Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

The Israeli military said Wednesday it launched a “limited ground operation” to retake part of a key corridor that bisects northern Gaza from the south. The assault into the Netzarim corridor ...

After decades of managing tensions through careful balancing, Turkey and Iran now find themselves increasingly at odds ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...

Syria’s conflict started as one of the popular uprisings against Arab dictators known as the 2011 Arab Spring, before Assad ...

Islam remains the religion of the head of state, Arabic is the sole official language and the constitutional declaration offers no guarantees or protections for Syria’s minorities.

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include ...