Middle East
Middle East
Deaths in Iran protests top 500, rights group says
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...
Twenty Years of Demographic Change in Iraq and Syria
Thousands of Kurds flee the Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria, after Syrian government–aligned Islamist militias attack the...
Reflections on the Current State of Protests in Iran
Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. Photo: Video/sm Ali Ashouri |...
Kurdish fighters agree to leave Syria’s Aleppo after deadly clashes
Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, Aleppo Syria, January 8, 2026. Photo: AFP ALEPPO,— Kurdish-led forces said on Sunday they...
Open letter calls for global solidarity in support of Syrian Kurdish forces
A Kurdish female YPJ/YPG/SDF security members guard a demonstration against attacks by Syrian government Islamist militias on Kurdish neighborhoods in...
The Deposed Kings of Iran
Iran's Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with his father, Reza Shah, September 1941. Photo: iKurd.net/Creative Commons/with credit/wikimedia Ardishir Rashidi Kalhur...
Kurdish fighters refuse to pull out of Syria’s Aleppo after truce
Leaders of the Kurdish neighborhoods’ councils in Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh, Aleppo, Syria, January 9, 2026. Photo: X ALEPPO,— Kurdish...
Syrian Kurds must not be abandoned in their struggle against Jihadist forces
An Islamic militant aligned with the Damascus government watches as thousands of Kurds flee the Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods...
Damascus announces Aleppo ceasefire after clashes with Kurds
Syrian government Islamist militias in the Kurdish Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood of northern Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2026. Photo: SANA ALEPPO,—...
Syria bombs Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo city
Syrian government Islamist militias bomb Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh, Aleppo city, Syria, January 8, 2026. Photo: iKurd.net/video/X...
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