Murat Karayilan revealed that nearly 27,000 members have died from 1976 to 2026, with 25,922 recorded by name.
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The Iran war hits its six-month mark Friday, with President Trump's path to ending it increasingly unclear.Why it matters: Trump entered the war projecting a four- to five-week mi…
Türkiye has condemned Israel’s continuing attacks on Syria, saying they violate the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and undermine its stabilization efforts.
The United States said on Aug. 27 that it was not negotiating with Iran, even as Qatar stepped up diplomatic efforts over an Iran-Oman proposal for a temporary shipping corridor t…
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara issued a decree to appoint Mazloum Abdi, who was head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, as a presidential adviser. The appointment, anno…
The Strait of Hormuz has been Iran's most powerful card since the start of the war in late February. But over the past two months, U.S. officials say the American military has ste…
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Six months after the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on February 28, the Strait of Hormuz has yet to recover even a quarter of the roughly 20 million barre…
Claire Stapleton’s Don’t Be Evil, Kimon de Greef’s The Ego Trip, and Dave Ziren’s The People’s Historian all feature among the best reviewed nonfiction titles of the m…
Chang-Rae Lee’s A Tender Age, Téa Obreht’s Sunrise, and Paul Yoon’s Etna all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s h…
Jamal Ibrahim Haidar & Seyed Mohammad Karimi show that a supposedly humane form of coercion imposes the greatest costs on the most vulnerable civilians.