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

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

Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch ...

stated that 12 dengue fever patients with a history of travel to Chabahar were diagnosed in other provinces of Iran, according to Tasnim News Agency. These patients were identified in the counties ...

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The joint deployment of Iraqi and Kurdish forces has curtailed Islamic State (ISIS) activities in the Kurdistan Region’s southernmost reaches, once a hotbed of jihadist activity because of a security ...

In the words of Axios ‘ news director, the Syrian Civil War “changed everything,” leading to the climax of the Global War on ...

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S. considers key allies against Islamic State and that Turkey regards as a ...

WASHINGTON DC - Representatives of political parties from Kurdish-majority regions in Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria as well as the diaspora met in Washington on Friday. The meeting was organized by ...

He staffed the military high command with fellow Alawites, in a majority Sunni ... the SAA and allied groups, Iran, the FSA, Al Nusra, other Islamist rebels, the Kurds, the U.S.-led Coalition ...