Syria
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Rights group slams Barrack naming as Syria, Iraq special envoy
Tom Barrack, Trump’s envoy for Syria and Iraqi affairs, 2025. Photo: AFP BERLIN,—The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in a...
Syrian Kurds reject parliament appointments
A press conference in the Kurdish city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), representatives of 21 Kurdish parties and political...
Syrian Kurds vote for seats in transitional parliament
Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) votes for seats in the transitional parliament in Damascus, Hasaka, Rojava Kurdistan, May 24, 2026. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw...
Kurds in Syria register for citizenship after years of marginalisation
Kurds register for citizenship in Qamishlo, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava Kurdistan), April 9, 2026. Photo: ANHA video/via iKurd.net QAMISHLO,— A steady...
Syria starts loading Iraqi oil for re-export
An oil truck at Rumaila oilfield, Basra, Iraq, April 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters DAMASCUS,— Syria on Wednesday started loading its...
Iraq’s SOMO grants fuel oil export contracts via Syria
Workers pump heavy crude into tanker trucks at the Qayarah oil field in Ninewa province, northern Iraq, May 8, 2023....
UAE slams Iran’s attacks on Iraqi Kurds, silent on Syrian Kurds
UAE's President and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, March 2026. Photo: UAE Presidency/X/via...
Syrian alcohol sales limits in Damascus trigger backlash
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against against new alcohol restrictions that limit sales largely to Christian areas in Damascus,...
Airlines suspend more flights to Middle East as Iran conflict escalates
Photo: Creative Commons/wikimedia LONDON,— Global air travel continues to face major disruption after the war in Iran forced the shutdown...
Syria appoints YPG senior commander Sipan Hamo deputy defense minister
Sipan Hamo, a senior Kurdish military official from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)/SDF, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), March 2026. Photo:...
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