Authoritarian consolidation might have accelerated border deal-making on the paper, but it may also impede deal-making on the ground.

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...

Despite their shared desire for self-determination, the plight of the Palestinian people attracts far more media and academic ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signed off on a constitutional declaration for a five-year-long transitional period ...

DAANES asserted that the document “contradicts the reality of Syria and its diversity” and does not represent the country’s various ethnic and religious communities, including Kurds, Arabs, Syriacs, ...

A map shows the religious and ethnic composition of Syria as of March ... mostly controlled by Kurdish-led SDF, on January 9. U.S. soldiers patrol in Syria's northeastern city of Al-Qamishli ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim government has reached a breakthrough deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led coalition that joined with ... in the political process" regardless of "religious and ethnic backgrounds," a statement from the Syrian government ...

On X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the violence, saying, “The United States stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish ...

Rubio said the U.S. “stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities.” ...