The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

Syria's leadership is expected to announce a new technocratic government on Saturday evening that will address concerns about a lack of representation for the country's diverse ethnic and religious ...

Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking ...

Some minorities may see benefits in allying with Israel today. Syria is now ruled by a former al-Qaeda leader. A recent ...

In 2019 already, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ermerged as the most dangerous rival for Turkey’s president turned autocrat, ...

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 ...

The arrest and imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appears to mark a profound transformation in governance in Turkey.

The detention last week of Mr Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggered the largest ...

Istanbul's opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ...

The jailed founder of a Kurdish nationalist group has called for the movement to lay down its arms, but Kurdish forces seem ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are ...

Twenty-six-year-old progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh is running for Illinois' 9th Congressional District. Here's what ...