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A Reuters exclusive report shows that the Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra hardline group and monitor its attempts to re-emerge. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led force which …

Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space.

The proximity of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to Iran, the intertwining of social relations, common nomads, and various border crossings have determined Iran to pay more and more attention to this region.Iranians and Iraqi Kurds have many cultural, linguistic, historical, and ethnic commonalities. Farzad Bonesh Iraqi Kurdistan is a mountainous region that borders Turkey, Iran and Syria. The capital of …

Turkey has blocked access to social media platform Instagram. The announcement came from the infotech regulator on Friday, without stating a reason or duration for the ban. The platform’s mobile app is also inaccessible. The decision comes after comments by Turkish communications official Fahrettin Altun, criticising the platform for what he called its decision to block condolence posts on the …

Iran and Turkey's historic rivalry continues. They've clashed directly and more often, fought proxy wars to weaken each other. Despite tensions, shared economic and security needs keep them from open conflict. As the curtain rises on the next chapter, only time will tell if Iran and Turkey will lock horns or join hands in shaping the region's destiny.

Without a strong, unified security system, maintaining stability in the Middle East falls to a mix of regional and global powers. Their actions, often short-term and tactical, cast a long shadow of war and uncertainty over the region. This geopolitical landscape is further muddied by a complex web of non-state actors (NSAs) – militias, insurgent groups, and even private military companies (PMCs). These actors blur the lines between local conflicts and regional power struggles.

On January 16, Iran carried out attacks against the Jaish-ul-Adl terrorist group in Pakistan's Balochistan. Two days later, Pakistan claimed that it had attacked the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) in Iran's Sistan and Baluchistan province.

21.06.2023 Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, was the first foreign leader to visit Turkey after the reelection of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May. Barzani tweeted that he had congratulated Erdogan on his reelection and that they had discussed advancing bilateral relations between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey and also the recent developments in …