The centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne is a good time to look at its profound impact on the peoples of the Middle East — beyond its founding of…

US Ambassador to Iraq Alina L. Romanowski has become a frequent subject of condemnations, denunciations and emotionally charged instigations on…

The city of Qamishli in Syria’s northeast was on a high state of alert when Al Majalla arrived there on a recent field reporting trip.The Syrian…

Raqqa: The bloodshed in Syria’s far northeast is continuing, with many Arabs fighting as part of the separatist Kurdish army in opposition to the…

Al Hol: While our car took us from the city of Hasakah in north-eastern Syria to the Al Hol Camp — the home of thousands of family members of Islamic…

There is widespread outrage in Iran, where the authorities have put a range of historical archaeological sites up for sale.The proposed online…

As you wander through the streets of Qamishli, a city located in far north-east Syria, you pass by its traditional neighborhoods — al-Bashiriya,…

According to the final results of the second round of the Turkish presidential elections, the general trend of Kurdish electoral behaviour remained…

Turkey’s presidential candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu has shattered a longstanding political taboo in the country.The man now facing a run-off election…

Although the Labour and Freedom alliance, representing the Kurdish national movement in the recent Turkish elections, maintained its lead in most…