Middle East

Illustrative photo: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (right), and Syria's Islamist ruler Abu Mohammad al-Golani, the head of Hayat Tahrir...

Abu Mohammed al-Golani (right), the leader of Syrian Islamist radical group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as Al Nusra...

US forces in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), 2020. Photo: AFP Michael Rubin | American Enterprise Institute The celebrations that ended the...

General Mazloum Abdi, the top commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), October 2024. Photo: AFP...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, May 27, 2024. Photo: Creative Commons/wikimedia BERLIN,— German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday described...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, December 16, 2024. Photo: AP WASHINGTON,— U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday described the ousting of...

Hussein Othman, the head of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria AANES, Syrian Kurdistan...

Turkey’s Defense Minister Yasar Guler, February 15, 2024. Photo: NATO ANKARA,— Turkey’s Defense Minister Yasar Guler announced Sunday that Ankara...

Egyptian actor Nabil al-Halafawy dies at 77, December 15, 2024. Photo: SM CAIRO,— Renowned Egyptian actor Nabil Al-Halafawy died on...

Islamic State ISIS militants, Syria, 2014. Photo: IS media/video DAMASCUS,— Islamic State (IS) militants killed six shepherds in Syria’s desert...