As Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa struggles to ensure stability in the country, militant groups supporting ousted ...

Lots of clouds, but some silver linings and even rays of sun are on the horizon as we take stock of developments across the region in our selection of Premium stories this week.

Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and ...

Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...

This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates ...

Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women ...

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

Turkey on Thursday called on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to “immediately and unconditionally” disband and ...

The PKK’s unilateral disarmament marks a potential turning point in Kurdish relations with the Turkish state, but challenges ...