The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, ...

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region ...

"In future, we will take decisive steps to realize our vision for Turkey and an entire region without terror," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his New Year's Day speech. These words ...

Ankara is reaching out to the Kurdish population at home while Turkish-backed militias fight the Kurds in Syria. What is ...

Assad's regime in Syria has created significant instability in the Middle East, particularly affecting Kurdish forces and Turkey. The Nagel Commission’s latest report warns that Turkey, rather than ...

The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar ...

Over the last two decades, developments in the Middle East have helped transform the Kurds’ struggle for greater recognition and even self-determination from a country-specific issue to a ...

Ethnic minorities are in trouble too. The Kurdish population, while predominantly Sunni, faces a different set of challenges under the new regime. Kurds played a crucial role in fighting against ISIS ...

The population of Gaza has fallen 6 percent since Israel’s devastating assault on the besieged Palestinian territory began nearly 15 months ago, according to the official Palestinian statistics ...