The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

According to the statement, the top diplomats "confirmed the importance of tight coordination of steps, including those in the interdepartmental framework, to implement the agreements achieved by Russ ...

Sudan, which included South Sudan up to 2011, has never known peace and stability since independence in 1956. The country’s ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Norway still champions the UN, international law—and dialogue with adversaries. Communicating with all actors is in Norway’s ...

Syria’s interim president is in the Turkish capital for talks expected to focus on Syria’s economic recovery and the presence ...

A study shows that only about 30% of those displaced by conflicts return home, even 10 years after the conflict ends.

The Washington foreign policy establishment has an ingrained belief in its own brilliance and is all too willing to succumb to hubris about the extent of its power, influence, and ability to will the ...

Visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani emphasised the "urgent need" to form an inclusive Syrian government ...

They underestimated Assad’s continued dependence on the external supporters that had helped him prevail in Syria’s civil war ... open up to the world, and be at peace with itself. After years of war, ...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas praised Türkiye as an important actor in cooperation on regional issues and a strategic ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 and lasted until the toppling of President Bashar Assad in late 2024?