More than 200 Kurds are currently being held in prisons across Afrin, northwestern Syria, due to their ethnicity and ...

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...

In the Turkmen mountains in northwestern Syria, humanitarian workers who have become the new Syrian Civil Defense are ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world’ ...

In the early hours of Wednesday, over five hundred people were rescued off the tiny Greek island of Gavdos, having packed ...

Syria's minorities faces ongoing rights abuses despite media cover-ups, warns SOHR director. Highlights kidnappings of Alawite women, 'Turkey's two-faced' Afrin policy, and suppression of dissent.

Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...

The US under Trump aims for a stable, unified Syria, with Barrack tasked to achieve this, including bringing the SDF into Damascus.

Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

U.S. envoy Barrack: "No hasty Syria withdrawal, SDF support continues." Praises transitional govt's SDF integration efforts.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...