ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mohamed al-Hassan, commended ...

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Amnesty International’s 2024-2025 report, published on Tuesday, April 29, said human rights violations continued in Turkey ...

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of ...

Media rights activist Baris Altintas tells BIRN that Joakim Medin’s arrest on charges of terrorism and insulting the ...

Despite promises of reform from Syria’s new Islamist-turned-president, minorities fear retribution — and find uneasy refuge ...

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The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

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The Islamic State has declared Pope Francis burial a marketing tool in a theological war, asserting that tributes paid to the ...