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Sharaa’s visit to Baku last weekend highlighted a dramatic shift in regional alliances, prompting a mix of concern, suspicion ...

The PKK disarmament ceremony also could mark a new era for the Kurds, one of the largest stateless groups in the world with over 30 million people living across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The PKK ...

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), junior ally Nationalist Movement Party (AKP) and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party will from now on “walk together”, the ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...

Analysts agree Israel’s triumphs – backed by indirect U.S. military support in Gaza and Lebanon, and direct U.S. intervention ...

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), which has MPs in Turkey’s parliament and distances itself from ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...