An elderly Kurdish woman from Iran’s Piranshahr city in West Azerbaijan province works as a kolbar, carrying goods across the ...

The Islamic State lost its territorial stronghold in the Middle East years ago, but its influence didn't disappear. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Aaron Zelin about how ISIS looks now.

I encountered patriarchy and male dominance presiding over women and life, all in conjunction with the occupation of my ...

Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are scrambling ahead of a year-end deadline to show some progress in a stalled deal to ...

The Left in the Age of the Digital Revolution In the context of the digital revolution, this need becomes even more urgent.

Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N.

Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are scrambling ahead of a year-end deadline to show some progress in a stalled deal to merge Kurdish forces with the Syrian state, according to several people ...

In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

We think we can work with terrorists to fight terrorists, but their difference is like between vanilla and French vanilla,’ ...

Trust is scarce and progress thinner as Damascus and the SDF edge closer to a deadline they appear unable - or unwilling - to ...

When former President George W. Bush stood on the West Front of the Capitol for his second inauguration in 2005, he gave a speech that called for a utopian foreign policy that aimed at spreading ...