Israel must set conditions for an eventual withdrawal from its buffer zone in Syria, and if it stays longer than six months, ...

No such location is depicted on current maps, for the old Kurdistan now falls within the sovereign space of four separate states: Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Most Kurds – some 25 million – ...

SDC maps path to decentralized future as Assad's fall creates delicate balance between Turkish threats and Islamist forces ...

Turkey has experienced several deadly earthquakes in recent years. A video shared on Facebook claims that a 7.9 magnitude ...

Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of vicious anti-immigrant policies, I visited a refugee ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

A new strategic profile is emerging, the map ... Turkey wants to cut them off from the rear base that their Syrian Kurdish cousins could offer them on the other side of the border.

Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military operations are often tied in with internal security or even tribal ...

AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan, which faces new regional challenges in dealing with Syria’s transitional Islamist regime, is pursuing ...

Civil organizing persisted during Syria's civil war but also shifted to "translocal organizations" operating in rebel-held territory inside Syria and ...