Politics

After the fall of the Assad regime, the Kurds of northern Syria were bracing for a major war — not with the new powers-that-be in Damascus, but with neighboring Turkey. …

Turkish authorities call the mass protests sweeping the country a “movement of violence,” yet they themselves are the ones cracking down on the opposition with force, detaining thousands. Despite the …

“Everything is going successfully, even better than we expected,” Donald Trump said on March 27, commenting on the U.S. operation against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. According to the president, the group …

One of the first actions taken by Donald Trump after his returning to the White House was to cancel diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in all federal agencies. Right-wing …

Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been working to rebuild ties with the West since the mid-2010s, when his anti-Assad Islamist force was still based in Idlib. Back then, al-Sharaa’s …

Migration has become a central issue in coalition talks between Germany’s CDU/CSU and SPD, with both pushing for stricter policies. But paradoxically, this is only fueling support for their far-right …

Donald Trump recently claimed that the temporary suspension of U.S. military aid to Kyiv and the halt in intelligence sharing that followed the Feb. 28 scandal in the Oval Office …

After a two-month pause, Israel has resumed intense attacks on the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials hope the pressure will help secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, who have …

Almost immediately after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union banned the distribution of major Russian propaganda channels — including Russia Today and Sputnik — in …

More than a thousand Alawites, Druze, and Christians have fallen victim to the “restoration of order” in regions that previously supported ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s new authorities have reached …