Erfan Soltani, 26, faced the death penalty after being detained during mass protests in January. Iranian authorities appeared ...

Iran is a multi-ethnic state — yet its leadership has failed to find an answer to recurring protests, minority grievances and deepening environmental crises.

Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces ...

As conflict has flared, the White House has strongly backed Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa - a former Jihadi. That's a slap in the face for the Kurds. The SDF lost 11,000 fighters battling ...

A UN humanitarian convoy arrived Sunday in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane, which has been filled recently with people ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday called for the blockade on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northern Syria ...

It follows the withdrawal of SDF troops sparking uncertainty over the security of roughly a dozen prisons and detention camps they were guarding, with IS prisoners among those detained.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new leaders in Damascus. Analysts say the SDF miscalculated by ...

We've verified video of armed men taking control of a camp in Syria holding people with alleged links to IS, following the ...

The Syrian military claims guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces abandoned a camp in northeast Syria, allowing detainees linked to the Islamic State to escape. The al-Hol camp mainly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Kurdish civilians gather with their weapons in the city of ...