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

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

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The cable car tourism project, featuring seven stations, will rank among the longest in the world and is anticipated to yield ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, today met with Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan ...

The jailed leader of the terrorist group PKK is set to make a crucial call to lay down arms while authorities mull the next ...

Ukraine is home to roughly 5% of the world’s mineral resources, with rich deposits of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...

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