The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

Ankara is open to various models for the Syrian Democratic Forces, including political representation in Damascus' national ...

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

Imperialist and regional powers are helping the new regime gain international legitimacy by giving the impression that it has ...

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

In 2005, the new Iraqi constitution granted the Kurdish territory in Northern Iraq federal status, marking a historic moment in Kurdish self-determination. Then the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...