The Syrian presidential palace in Damascus' Mount Qasyoun, December 2024. Photo: Screengrab/Syria news video/sm/yt DAMASCUS,— The Israeli military carried out...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, April 21, 2025. Photo: AK Party

Turkey’s Erdogan rejects Kurdish call for Syria decentralization, calls it a ‘dream’

by Editorial Team

May 1, 2025

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A composite image shows Syria's Islamist interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani), alongside Kurds, Druze, and Christians holding their flags during the celebration of the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), March 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/AP

Syria’s Future Lies in Decentralisation

by Manish Rai

May 1, 2025

A composite image shows Syria's Islamist interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani), alongside Kurds, Druze, Yazidis,...

Construction workers labor at a building site in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, April 2023. Photo: Reuters

Iraq suspends recruitment of foreign workers from five countries

by Editorial Team

April 30, 2025

Construction workers labor at a building site in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, April 2023. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,— Iraq's Ministry of Labor...

A composite image shows Syria's Islamist interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, alongside a poster advising people "not to shake hands with women," Photo: iKurd.net/Reuters/SM

Syria’s Slide into Theocracy: A Dangerous Erosion of Rights and Freedom

by Editorial Team

April 30, 2025

A composite image shows Syria's Islamist interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, alongside a poster advising...

Islamist Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, with members of his transitional government, Damascus, Syria, April 27, 2025. Photo: SANA

Syrian presidency rejects Kurds’ call for decentralization of state

by Editorial Team

April 28, 2025

Islamist Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani (right), with members of his transitional government, Damascus,...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 22, 2025. Photo: Israel PM's Press Office

Netanyahu insists Iran’s entire nuclear program must be dismantled

by Editorial Team

April 28, 2025

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 22, 2025. Photo: Israel PM's Press Office JERUSALEM,— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his...

General Mazloum Abdi Kobani (right), the chief commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, the de facto army of the autonomous Kurdish administration in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), arrives at Kurdish unity conference, Qamishlo city, Rojava Kurdistan, April 26, 2025. Photo: ANF/video

Syria’s Kurds hold unity conference, demand ‘democratic decentralized’ Syria

by Editorial Team

April 26, 2025

General Mazloum Abdi Kobani (right), the chief commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, the de facto army of the...

U.S. President Donald Trump, April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump says ready to meet Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei or Iranian president

by Editorial Team

April 26, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump, April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence this week that the...

"Palestinian" Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel, April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Mahmoud Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’, demands release of Israeli hostages

by Editorial Team

April 24, 2025

"Palestinian" Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel, April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters RAMALLAH, Israel,— "Palestinian" Authority leader Mahmoud...