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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday its dissolution after a forty-year insurgency against the Turkish state, a move Turkish officials claim was made without new negotiations — though some observers remain skeptical. Türkiye has conducted increasingly aggressive military campaigns against PKK strongholds in northern Iraq and Syria in …

A ceasefire between the U.S. and the Houthi (Ansarallah) movement of Yemen, announced by President Trump on May 6, will not soon restore freedom of navigation through the Red Sea. The Houthis sought an end to the intensive and continuous U.S. strikes since mid-March, but U.S. acceptance of a ceasefire …

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The process of rebuilding the Syrian army after the change of the Assad regime faces structural and political challenges to the formation of an inclusive national military institution, where the current Syrian military scene suffers from sharp divisions, in addition to concerns about the ideological identity of the emerging army, …

Ankara is hosting a high-level trilateral summit Sunday, bringing together the foreign ministers of Syria, Turkey, and Jordan to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and the future of joint counterterrorism efforts. The meeting—chaired by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan—includes the participation of Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman …

Despite the fall of the Assad regime and the formation of a transitional government in Syria, armed groups previously backed by Turkey continue to commit serious human rights violations in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement released on Wednesday. The watchdog warned that integrating these factions …

Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Austria have reportedly drafted a joint memorandum calling for the lifting of restrictions on the Central Bank of Syria and other financial institutions, Enab Baladi says, In a notable shift in European policy toward post-Assad Syria, the European Union’s top foreign affairs official, Kaja Kallas, …

The Syrian Interim President, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said his country is emerging from one of the darkest chapters in its modern history, marked by war, displacement, and isolation under the fallen regime. In a nationally televised address, he described the recent lifting of international sanctions as a “historic turning point,” crediting …

In a dramatic pivot from years of international isolation, Syria is emerging from the shadows of war and sanctions into a new era of diplomacy, reconstruction, and economic ambition. The recent meeting between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and former U.S. President Donald Trump, hosted in Riyadh under the auspices of …

The threat of cyberattacks looms larger than ever before. Recent global intelligence assessments and cybersecurity industry reports have warned that the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyberattacks are expected to rise dramatically in the coming years. Governments, corporations and even small businesses are increasingly becoming targets as cybercriminals leverage artificial …