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

On February 2, a drone targeted the Khor Mor gas field in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Dana Gas, which runs the ...

Iran executed 853 people in 2003 and 930 last year, the most in a decade, sending a chilling message to dissidents in the country and prompting United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk to urge ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Syria's newly appointed president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, had discussed in Ankara on ...

Iran overlooks the PKK to counter Türkiye, leveraging regional influence while balancing internal security concerns ...

Iran executed 87 prisoners in January, a 17% increase compared to the number of death sentences carried out in the same month last year, a human rights monitor stated on Saturday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) has finally found a war he doesn't like. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night, ...

Iran has given temporary reprieve from execution to Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, but the uncertainty has only increased the agony of her family, rights activists said. Ms Azizi, 40 ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...