On the second anniversary of the revolution since the fall of the Assad regime, have its earliest aims—freedom, justice, ...

The world’s largest ethnic group without an independent state is concentrated in Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria ...

The US has suggested Syria send troops to Lebanon, where Israel is already conducting its operation, Reuters reported, citing ...

Among the “antique legends” most helpful in understanding the likely outcome of the current US intervention in Iran is the Suez Crisis of 1956, which I describe in my new book ...

Peter Boyle pays tribute to Salih Muslim, one of the key leaders of the Rojava revolution in north-east Syria, who died on ...

At the early stages of many conflicts, there is often hope that the crisis can be contained quickly. However, conflicts such as the Iraq War, the Syrian Civil War, and [...] ...

What comes after the regime is now the question that must be asked by both the people of Iran and the great powers.

Syria is the cradle of Christianity. It is the land where the Apostle Paul was blinded by light on the road to Damascus. Yet ...

There is growing speculation that the Kurdish populations of Iraq and Iran may once again find themselves at the centre of a struggle for freedom, this time helping the people of Iran liberate their ...

As tensions rise with Iran, Kurds face a familiar dilemma: seize opportunity or risk repeating a long history of abandonment ...