The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

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 ...

US envoy urges PKK/YPG to act quickly on integration to avoid issues with Türkiye, Syria 'It's not unthinkable that whoever the constituency is for YPG or SDF has distanced themselves from PKK.

Ongoing global conflicts such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East, and shifting international priorities are exacerbating the dire situation for women's rights in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.

BERLIN - A Kurdish member of Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag) said that Kurds must be recognized by their ethnicity ...

Syria now stands at a crossroads. Will it ensure women’s meaningful participation and follow a path to peace? Or will things ...

What a difference eight years makes. During President Donald Trump’s first term, then-Sen. Marco Rubio pushed the president to expand his human rights diplomatic agenda.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

Thirty-three women and girls from Syria's Alawite sect have been abducted or gone missing this year in the turmoil following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

The U.S. no longer sees the quests for equality, global justice or human rights as foreign policy imperatives, or as ...