Since 8 March, five women’s rights activists arrested, arbitrarily detained in solitary confinement and interrogated without ...

Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy ...

The leaders of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq on Sunday commemorated the Halabja massacre of Kurds that ...

Nukhsha Nasih, the mayor of Halabja, has been appointed acting governor of the province, a well-placed source in the province ...

The latest strikes have reportedly eliminated key Hamas figures, further intensifying the ongoing conflict. According to ...

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new ...

They fear the new leadership in Damascus will roll back many of their rights - including teaching the Kurdish language in school and having women in senior governing posts. In a written statement ...

The militia alliance that controls much of north-eastern Syria will merge with new state institutions, the presidency says.

Agreement with US-backed group puts all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in northeast Syria ...

A "loud, proud and colourful” women's march took over central manchester to mark international womens day. The international ...

Iranian security forces have arrested four female Kurdish activists in Kurdistan province following International Women’s Day ...

United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused “disproportionate violence against women and children” ...