Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video ...

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran could have serious implications across the Middle East, not least by exacerbating ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he plans to strengthen the country’s deterrence capabilities so that no ...

Turkish president says buildup 'ensures deterrence' in light of recent developments; officials, analysts see little chance of ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...

ANKARA - Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, in an interview with Rudaw, criticized Ankara’s approach to the Kurdish issue, citing the dismissal of ...

He emphasized that the long-standing centrality of an “armed struggle” in the Kurdish issue has so far eclipsed purely political dialogue. “The PKK had been the major actor because it held the gun.

But last October Devlet Bahceli, one of Turkey's most powerful politicians and a key ally of President Erdogan, made Öcalan an offer: if he would disband the PKK, it would open a pathway to ...

In October of 2024, Devlet Bahceli, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader and President Tayyip Erdogan's political ally, shocked Ankara when he suggested Ocalan could be released if he ...