After holding a large swathe of autonomous territory that included two detention camps, Kurdish-led forces are now reluctantly handing over control to Syrian government forces, following their ...

A provincial governor wants to prohibit women in government and public sector jobs from wearing makeup, stirring outrage and ...

The future is uncertain for Syrian Kurd's all-women fighting units, known as the Women's Protection Units (YPJ). Last month the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) they are a part of made a ...

The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during ...

The government faces the vexed challenge of trying to integrate back into society those with no affiliation to ISIS - while ...

Industrial ball bearings serve as the raw material for a Damascus knife in this detailed forging journey. Known for their high-carbon content, the bearings are heated, welded, and folded to create ...

At a military base in northeast Syria, Roksan Mohammed recalled joining the battle against Islamic State group jihadists."We ...

American support for Syria’s subjugation of “Rojava”—the autonomous Kurdish-led administration in its northeast—is regarded by many of its supporters as a betrayal.

Even though the closures were lifted after just one day due to public outcry, it sent a clear and worrying signal to Christians about growing restrictions on their cultural and social freedoms. On ...

U.S. officials prevented catastrophic ISIS prison break in Syria by secretly moving nearly 6,000 "worst of the worst" ...

The Carpetbag Brigade presents a multi-event series exploring criminal justice reform through the lens of faith and personal transformation.