The fall of the Assad regime marks a turning point in Syria’s history. But it also opens a ‘chapter fraught with peril’ for the country’s minorities, an expert on religious minorities writes.
Articles on Kurds
Displaying 21 - 40 of 124 articles
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both see an opportunity to advance their competing interests in post-Assad Syria.
The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.
Since the fall of Assad, areas of Rojava have come under attack.
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime will have consequences for the many international players with a stake in the region.
The US maintains close to 1,000 troops in Syria and supports Kurdish groups in the northeast and some opposition groups in the southeast.
Kurds have had a history of discrimination perpetrated against them by the Turkish government.
In the wake of the death of Jîna Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022, Iranian authorities have executed political dissenters at what the UN chief described as ‘an alarming rate.’
While analysts fret over what Iran and Russia are up to in Syria, Kurdish aspirations continue to be overlooked.
Long-term Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reelected with 52% of the vote. Will he push the country further down an autocratic, anti-West path?
Recent studies on mass violence have turned the spotlight on the resilience of targeted individuals and communities.
Following a brutal government crackdown, Iranian protesters are organizing strikes, sit-ins, boycotts and publicizing their demands in the form of manifestos, charters and bills of rights.
Disasters such as the earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria are always worse when there is bad blood between the countries involved.
Women have long demanded change in Iran. In the aftermath of the death of a woman for a hijab violation, women protesters may be leading their country to a freer and more just society.
Democratic nation-states were supposed to be the legitimate successors of empires. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in the past century, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reflection of that.
Turkey’s veto on Finland and Sweden joining the alliance is part of a complex political game being played by Ankara.
Belarus has created a migrant crisis at its border in an apparent move to punish the European Union for its opposition to the country’s leader.
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
Day 4 of our Understanding Islam series. Knowing the historical contributions of Islam and its influence on other faiths can help counter many assumptions about the religion today.
The events that followed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq started a cycle of violence against the country’s minority Christian population. The pope’s visit is meant to bring some ‘healing and comfort.’
Top contributors
-
Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
-
Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
-
Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
-
Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Durham University
-
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, University of Central Florida
-
Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Researcher, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
-
Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics, Loughborough University
-
Teaching Associate in Politics & International Relations at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University
-
Sessional Academic, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
-
Lecturer in Languages, Culture and Society, UCL
-
Associate professor, London Metropolitan University
-
Lecturer in International Relations, University of Kent
-
Research Associate, School of History, Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester