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The PKK leader’s calls for the group to disarm and dissolve is a step towards ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish state.
The humanitarian toll of more than a year of conflict will be augmented by the risk of further health issues due to poor hygiene facilities and air quality.
Hundreds of thousands have been killed in civil war-torn Syria.
How maps’ names and border territories − and what they omit - can project different political objectives.
While Israel’s response to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks has strengthened its security and military dominance, the long-term consequences remain less clear.
More than 6 million Syrians fled the country after it descended into civil war in 2011.
Syria faces real challenges. A look at the research on post-Arab Spring challenges offers some answers for a region wracked by many crises.
Israel has launched what it describes as an ‘extensive and significant’ operation in the West Bank camp, home to 25,000 refugees.
Antimicrobial resistance is yet another catastrophic legacy of war, threatening human health and security for generations to come.
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are taking credit for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. It is expected to take effect one day before Biden leaves office.
Three-phased deal will start with the release of 33 hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023. If fully implemented, the agreement will see the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian enclave.
Assad’s loss is Turkey’s gain, but other powers are also vying for control of the Middle East.
Lebanese lawmakers have elected Joseph Aoun, the head of Lebanon’s army, as the country’s new president.
Iran’s appeal to Chinese policymakers has declined with the near annihilation of its status in the Middle East. What’s next for the China-Iran relationship, and what does it mean for the region?
History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is probably on the horizon.
Israel is taking a “better safe than sorry” approach to Syria’s new government.
Syria’s rebels have appointed little-known Mohammed al-Bashir as the country’s interim prime minister.
Captagon was once a pharmaceutical drug but it’s now made illicitly, generating billions of dollars for the Syrian economy.
The fall of one of Putin’s key client regimes in the Middle East has diminished Russia’s power and status.
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