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

For Kurds, it was the nearest thing they had to a country. For idealistic foreigners, a noble experiment in socialism. For the West, a convenient ally against terror group Islamic State (IS). Now, the ...

The sides announced the agreement after government forces under President Ahmed al-Sharaa captured swathes of northern and ...

Northeast Syria, for long the most stable corner of the country, has been plunged into turmoil following a military campaign ...

Maliki’s bid to return to power has stalled abruptly after the US delivered blunt warnings against the formation of a ...

At a time when we are trying to heal the deep wounds and bleeding relationship between Turks and Kurds left from the 20th ...

An official from Syria’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that the interim government insists the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

While the 2022-2023 protests spread from the Kurdish periphery to the centre, the latest demonstrations erupted in the ...

The Middle East has been witnessing bloody nationalist conflicts for decades that have left millions of victims and displaced ...

The group's rapid downfall was driven by overconfidence in foreign support and an underestimation of the Syrian state's ...

"Diplomacy is the best option we have; the alternatives are so unattractive," a senior Iranian official told Newsweek.

The Iranian regime’s recent crackdown on protests in Tehran and the country’s central region featured the use of military ...