Concerns are mounting in Türkiye over potential scenarios in Syria following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The warnings come as clashes persist between Turkish-backed factions and the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Aleppo,

Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for now, by Turkey. This should come as no surprise: the history of the Middle East between the 16th and 18th centuries was that of struggle between the Ottoman and Persian empires, and it seems to be reviving in the 21st century.

Is new life being breathed into the long-stalled Kurdish peace process in Turkey

Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ministry source and ...

Tue, January 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM UTC

At least 40 farmers were killed by Boko Haram militants during a weekend attack in northeast Nigeria, an official says.