Middle Orient

The ruling party’s increasingly strong alliance with nationalists has dampened support among the country’s Kurds. On a recent morning, young couples gathered for the inaugural class of a newly built, government-run “marriage school.” A woman wearing a black Islamic-style headscarf flips open a laptop as she prepares to lecture the …

A criminal complaint has been filed in Moscow on behalf of a Syrian citizen who was tortured, killed, and had his corpse mutilated by six individuals in 2017 in the Homs Governorate. The complaint demands the initiation of criminal proceedings against alleged members of the so-called Private Military Company (PMC) …

Eyewitnesses revealed information about the two explosions near the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in Kirkuk. Eyewitnesses from the demonstrators told Shafaq News Agency that the Joint Operations forces threw two explosive devices to disperse the protesters. According to Shafaq News Agency correspondent, the explosions took place a few hours …

Two Katyusha rockets fell inside Iraq’s Balad air base, 80 km north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces. A security source told Shafaq News Agency. The source said, “Two Katyusha rockets landed on an empty yard in the northwestern part of Balad Air Base in Saladin Governorate but caused no …

On Monday, an official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates confirmed that the European Union is responsible for the shedding of Syrian blood and the suffering of the Syrians through its support for terrorism in all its forms and the practice of economic terrorism. The source added …

A security source said on Monday that competent authorities foiled a terrorist operation intended to target Damascus with explosive belts, killing three terrorists and arresting three others. The source added that in cooperation with honest citizens in Zakyah and Kanaker in the Damascus countryside, the terrorist operation, plotted by terrorists …

There have now been 10 years of chaos in Syria, with many guilty actors. But efforts to reverse the course in the country are gaining steam. For example, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to the Gulf last week featured many prominent themes, but Syria really stood out. His trips …

Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its inability to overcome trauma and control its demons. The clashes sparked by a crackdown on cross border fuel smuggling to neighbouring Pakistan achieved what past US and Saudi machinations failed to accomplish: ethnic …

Turkey’s actions must show alignment with Egypt’s principles and goals for relations between the two countries to return to normal, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday. Shoukry confirmed contacts between Cairo and Ankara after years of tensions but indicated that dialogue was limited.

A media source affirmed that any reports about secret negotiations or discussions between Syria and the Zionist entity are no more than media and political fabrications.