Nearly four months after the ousting of 24-year President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has announced a new government, kickstarting a five-year transitional period that aims to restore stability and peace ...

Authoritarian consolidation might have accelerated border deal-making on the paper, but it may also impede deal-making on the ground.

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has met with ...

Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...

Despite their shared desire for self-determination, the plight of the Palestinian people attracts far more media and academic ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period on Thursday, hoping to centralize power in order to unify the country.

DAANES asserted that the document “contradicts the reality of Syria and its diversity” and does not represent the country’s various ethnic and religious communities, including Kurds, Arabs, Syriacs, ...

A U.S. defense official has told Newsweek that there has been no shift in the Pentagon's mission in Syria after America's Kurdish-led partner in the fight against the Islamic State militant group ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Residents in northeastern Syria danced in the streets to celebrate a breakthrough pact between local Kurdish-led authorities and the new central government, while thousands of ...