The Syrian military has announced a new four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after a previous agreement fell through.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump discussed guaranteeing Kurdish rights in a phone call on ...

Ceasefire would merge ⁠all SDF forces into the defence and interior ministries ​after security checks, document shows ...

Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, have told BBC Persian he is due to be executed today.

The US president does not rule out military action in Iran, as Tehran temporarily shuts its airspace to nearly all flights.

At least 5,000 people have been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, an Iranian official in ...

The judiciary says Soltani is not facing charges carrying the death penalty, while a rights group reports that the execution ...

Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish ...

A new report finds ongoing trauma affects survivors of a 1988 chemical weapons attack on Kurdish Iraqis in Halabja and nearby ...

A shopkeeper facing execution over his involvement in the Iran protests is no longer at risk of the death penalty. Erfan ...