The stunning fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria thrusts several rebel groups ... the country’s history as a melting ...

The Zionist state has long been interested in sowing discord and fanning its flames in striving to redraw the map of the Middle East in its image, so that the logic of sectarian and ethnic ...

Syria's population, comprising various ethnic and religious groups, makes it one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East. DW takes a closer look. One of the most popular chants in Syria ...

SYRIA WAS once a thriving hub of diverse ... laid the groundwork for the region’s present borders (see map 1). It largely ignored ethnic or sectarian differences, contributing to the Middle ...

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Here's a map showing who controls what during ... and it controls large parts of Syria's north-east. The Kurds are an ethnic minority group. Türkiye is at odds with the SDF forces, which it ...

Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country's Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad. Some 400 people representing ...

Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five years during a ...

Syria's Kurds Call for a Democratic State That Protects Their Ethnic Rights QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives ...

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