This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

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

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a ...

but has called for a legal framework and a clear road map. The talks fostered peace hopes in Turkey. But the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria, where president Bashar Al-Assad was ...

They may thus be removed from the quarter of the nation's map that they currently ... This would give Turkey a free hand to crush the Kurdish movement, which it has deemed to be an offshoot ...

Following months of discussions, Abdullah Öcalan, often referred to as "Apo," by his followers, will call on the members of ...

Turkey wants to smother Kurdish autonomy in Syria’s north ... will resume flights to Syria on January 23rd. Map: The Economist As a result of offensives Mr Erdogan launched against Kurdish ...

Turkey seeks to extend its control in Syria, pushing a colonial-style administration while targeting Kurdish forces. It ...

Turkey is a wild card. It may object to decentralization in a country on its border, lest it inspires its own Kurdish and Alawite minorities to seek something similar. Syria faces a moment of ...