Middle East

Depiction of the "Susian guards" from the Palace of Darius in Susa. Photo: Creative Commons/wikimedia The Origin of the Persian...

US President Donald Trump receives former al-Qaeda leader and current Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed...

Kurdish PJAK (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane)/HGP (Hêzên Parastina Gel HPG) female fighter in the border area in Iranian Kurdistan...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani. Sharaa past includes being part of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and...

Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with people of the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and Ashrafiya, after Kurdish-led...

Syrian government Islamist militias in Aleppo city, Syria, January 2026. Photo: SNAsana ALEPPO,— Syrian government Islamist militias, which they call...

Muslim Brotherhood supporter. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON,— The United States on Tuesday formally designated branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt,...

The throwing of a Kurdish girl from a building by Sharaa’s Islamic forces in Aleppo’s Kurdish districts highlights the true...

Anti-government protester clash with Iranian seucrity forces in Tehran, Iran, January 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/video/X TEHRAN,— Iran’s ongoing unrest has resulted...

Thousands of Kurds flee the Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria, after Syrian government–aligned Islamist militias attack the...