Syria and Lebanon have become two pivotal arenas for understanding the future trajectory of the Middle East. Both are ...

For performance artist Livia Gazzolo, her heritage as a Kurdish American born in Evanston has shaped every aspect of her life ...

Former Iraqi president Barham Salih will take over as the UN refugees chief next month from Filippo Grandi, who is leaving ...

With Syria's new leadership emerging as a key U.S. partner, American troops in the country find themselves amid a complex ...

Providing Iraq’s air defenses, or having the US deploy air defenses at selective sites, is not likely the best answer. The ...

A former leader of Al Qaeda has convinced Washington that he’s a liberal reformer. Now comes the hard part of following ...

While Ankara said the president has no plans to meet Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish leader previously expressed a desire to ...

The PKK has demanded the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison as a precursor to peace talks—but doing so would lead to a national crisis in Turkey.

Eastern Mennonite University is bringing world-renowned, inspirational guitarist Tony Melendez to Harrisonburg as part of the school’s EMU/Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Gala Concert. The concert is ...

The American who joined ISIS and was later captured by Kurdish forces said he “made a bad decision” and no longer supports the terrorist group. U.S. law enforcement officials plan to interview Mohamad ...

Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Rocco Palermo and his Kurdish-American team have uncovered a 6,000-year-old site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as part of the Gird-I ...