A Vienna court has convicted two former Syrian security officials, including the former intelligence chief in Raqqa, for ...

A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in Leicestershire and ...

An explosive device was detonated Thursday in a popular cafe in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing at least nine people, ...

After entering as a substitute for Germany, Undav scored three goals and set up two more, putting him just behind top-scoring ...

“Music is the heart of Kurdish culture,” Asiye Taskin says as she welcomes me into the Kurdish Culture and Music Association’s office and studio space. Taskin, the organization’s president and ...

For two and a half decades, whenever the Turkish government had a falling out with the United States and Europe, analysts frantically began worrying that the West had “lost” Turkey. It happened first ...

A new £30m High Street organised crime unit has been announced by the government after the BBC's year-long investigative reporting into illegal mini-marts, vape shops and barbers. Over 12 months BBC ...

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has triggered one of the Middle East’s long-feared nightmares: a full-blown regional conflagration. The expansion of the conflict has had especially significant ...

Earlier this month, high in the snow-capped mountains near the border between Iran and Iraq, a Kurdish rebel led me down a foot trail to the opening of a cave. We stepped inside and walked about 50 ...

AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it’s celebrated as the Persian new year, known as Nowruz. In the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq vow to return only if Iran’s theocracy falls, but decades of displacement have bred ...