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 ...

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 ...

In the aftermath of the 2016 attempted coup, Turkey’s President Erdogan embarked on a sweeping consolidation of power that has since metastasized into one of the most far-reaching assaults on human ...

The last Australian women and children held in a northeast Syria camp housing relatives of suspected foreign militants left ...

BEIRUT—Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the ...