He not only toppled a dictatorship that had ruled Syria for half a century but also, upon assuming leadership of the country, convinced Western capitals to lift or suspend most of the sanctions ...

Erfan Soltani, 26, faced the death penalty after being detained during mass protests in January. Iranian authorities appeared ...

Iran is a multi-ethnic state — yet its leadership has failed to find an answer to recurring protests, minority grievances and deepening environmental crises.

Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces ...

As conflict has flared, the White House has strongly backed Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa - a former Jihadi. That's a slap in the face for the Kurds. The SDF lost 11,000 fighters battling ...

A UN humanitarian convoy arrived Sunday in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane, which has been filled recently with people ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday called for the blockade on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northern Syria ...

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 ...

It follows the withdrawal of SDF troops sparking uncertainty over the security of roughly a dozen prisons and detention camps they were guarding, with IS prisoners among those detained.