The United States and Israel have failed to achieve the main goal of their war: overthrowing the Islamic regime in Tehran. US President Donald Trump is now under pressure to end the war as quickly as ...

The 11 parties that signed the “Call for Urgent Concrete Steps for Peace and Democracy” statement. Screenshot: demparti.org.tr Eleven Kurdish nationalist, Stalinist and pseudo-left parties — including ...

For the past several weeks, Iranians have taken to the streets in Kurdish provinces like Ilam and Kermanshah to Tehran, Tabriz and nearly every province in between, protesting political repression, ...

Our engagement with IOM arises from our concern that IOM has no formal mandate to monitor human rights abuses or to protect the rights of migrants and other persons, even though literally millions of ...

Cybersecurity leaders aren’t just dealing with attacks—they’re also protecting trust, keeping systems running, and maintaining their organization’s reputation. This week’s developments highlight a ...

At its 12th Congress, convened between May 5 and 7, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced its decision to dissolve and end its armed struggle. Founded in 1978, the PKK launched an armed ...

In the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush and his top officials issued a litany of serious allegations about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ...

A group of competitors were playing the generation game at this year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The London-based Kurdish Folk Dancers have been coming to the world-famous north ...

The US partnered with the Kurds in Iraq to combat ISIS, including supporting the Peshmerga in anti-ISIS operations. However, the Kurdistan Region faces security challenges. The US must increase its ...

The IRGC’s simultaneous roles as a regional armed actor and a corrupt domestic business corporation have complicated the outcome of terrorism-related sanctions. The IRGC as an institution does not ...

On December 14, 2024, in an unprecedented move, the Supreme National Security Council, a twelve-member body tasked with ensuring Iran’s foreign and domestic security, intervened to halt the ...

Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn. By Charlie Savage AL HOL, Syria — ...