The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The conflict between Russia and Azerbaijan over the assessment of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash continues to escalate.

According to Reuters, the new Syrian authorities, led by interim President Ahmed al-Shara, are negotiating a defense pact ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Around the world, rising military powers are rapidly modernizing their vehicle fleets. They are investing in new armored ...

On the evening of Thursday 30 January 2025, the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and ...

House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax ...

Trump Directly Calls for U.S.A.I.D. to Be Shut Down The ousted director of federal prisons contests her firing, citing civil service rules. Vance calls for reinstatement of DOGE worker who ...

Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile ...

Signs aren’t limited to politics and war. Morris talks about natural phenomena and celestial events as divine signals.