This is the closest Turkey and the insurgents have come to peace since the PKK took up arms to fight for a Kurdish homeland ...

September WTI crude oil (CLU25) on Thursday closed up +0.78 (+1.20%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25) closed down -0.0127 ...

A shepherd was killed Thursday in a TNT explosion in the Kurdistan Region’s northern Duhok province, local authorities said.

However, Turkey has so far been hesitant to offer full-scale defence support to the Syrian government, holding talks in April with the Israeli government over the establishment of a deconfliction line ...

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The recent sectarian violence shows that the Syrian government and its Turkish backers share a dangerous vision of a Sunni-dominant Syria.

As the transitional government fails to bridge divides, other regions may turn inwards to defend their own interests ...

Sentenced to death in February 2024 by a military court in Puntland, Somalia, six Moroccan detainees were acquitted on appeal. Since May of last year, the court has ordered their release and transfer ...