That sent a chilling message to the opposition and further narrowed the space in Turkey for democratic engagement. A sense of ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is not acting in line with an accord it signed with Syria's government this year to join the country's state institutions, and the recent clashes between ...

Here is a look at the life of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1946 Birth place: Mahabad, Kurdistan, Iran Birth name: Massoud Barzani ...

Mount Sinjar rises from the arid plains of northwestern Iraq like a grassy sentinel — ancient, scarred, and unyielding. Today ...

The move by some fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to burn their weapons in the mountains of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ...

"Maybe this will be the next fall in the domino effect of this regime," a former Israeli intelligence officer told Newsweek.

It was a week of good, bad and ambiguous news for Iraq’s natural gas industry. What stood out is the fact that solving its gas problem is the single most feasible and effective thing the government ...

Federal financial transfer signals political will to implement an agreement that could result in re-starting northern oil ...

The Democratic Party’s advantage with Muslim Americans has “shrunk considerably,” with 42% now identifying with Republicans, according to a Pew survey.

Omar Fateh won the endorsement of the local Democratic Party in the Minneapolis mayoral race in 2025. (Courtesy Fateh campaign) ...

NPR speaks with Tyler Pager, New York Times White House correspondent, about Hunter Biden's recent interviews in which he defends his father's legacy and points to rifts within the Democratic Party.