Seven women with links to the self-proclaimed IS-group, and their children, are en route weeks after three women were ...

Syria had already held types of limited elections in other areas of Syria last year. However, areas outside government ...

After decades of denying Kurdish language and identity, Syria’s new leadership formally acknowledged the country’s Kurdish population earlier this year. But for many Kurds, the recognition remains ...

Editorial: The removal of an opposition party leader and closure of a liberal university show an authoritarian democracy moving closer to one-man rule ...

Democracy is under attack throughout the world, but, as a chronicler of Kurdish issues, I want to examine two recent blows in ...

As fighting escalates across the Middle East, millions – mostly Muslims – are suffering, losing their families and homes ...

Syria held follow-up parliamentary elections on Sunday in the Kurdish-majority northeastern province of Hassakeh and the town of Kobani, areas that were reintegrated under government control after ...

Kurdish political analyst Shvan Ibrahim said Kurds must engage directly with Damascus and participate in Syria's political ...

The MEP put pressure on Kaya Callas on the EUs attitude towards the ongoing persecution of Christians, Alawites and Kurds in ...

Western nations have never shown much genuine concern for democracy in the countries with which they interact. Their support ...

Damascus announced on Saturday that it has received over 10,000 applications for Syrian citizenship from Kurds in wake of a recent decree that preserves their rights in the country. The Interior ...