Syria and its main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under ...

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Political scientist Daniel Neep traces why the affable eye doctor’s rule by terror was always destined to unravel so ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's interim leader in Caracas to discuss cooperation, a U.S.

Protests have rocked the Islamic Republic of Iran with increasing frequency for the past quarter-century, but the closure of ...

When Ayatollah Khomeini launched a military assault against the Kurds in 1979, Mohtadi emerged as a key leader of the Kurdish ...

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In “The Revolutionists,” the Guardian journalist Jason Burke explores how leftist militants gave way to Islamist ones in the ...

Hundreds of displaced residents have returned to Aleppo’s Achrafieh neighborhood in northern Syria. This follows intense ...

The lives of Iranian women have been degraded by 47 years of hardline Islamic rule – now, they are leading the charge against ...

“This book is the culmination of over a decade of research into India’s deeper historical patterns,” said Dr. Vemsani. “I dedicate it to all colonized peoples. While political colonization may have ...