Iran's recent military exercises on its northern border with Azerbaijan (replete with tanks, artillery guns, and helicopters firing at targets) raised eyebrows in Baku. Shortly after the Iranian...
On the night of September 11, 2021, explosions were heard at Erbil International Airport in the eponymous capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan. It was the latest in a series of rocket and drone attacks...
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, a Protection Bill, which is known as Tarh-e Sianat, was introduced in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran. According to some members of parliament, the bill is to...
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the powerful Islamist Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that controls large parts of Syria's northwestern Idlib province, has called for the establishment of...
Following the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan this August, Iraqi Kurdistan has insisted that it will not allow a similar fate to befall its landlocked region. "There is a big difference...
William Maley, Australian National University In April 1961, just months after the young John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States, his reputation for expertise in...
After I saw the photos of Masoumeh Ataei as a model for the first time, I was shocked. "What happened to her?" I asked myself, staring at the burns and scars on her face, which contrasted with the...
Iraqi Kurds invariably become irked when others portray their autonomous region and nation as merely another interchangeable part of Iraq. Given their history, the legal status of their autonomy, and...
As the 13th presidential election takes place in three days, on June 18, the propaganda in the Islamic Republic is trying to show that Iranians will go to the polls to determine the fate of their...
For once, there appears to be some positive news coming out of Iraq. The Iraqi Army and the armed forces of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region, the Peshmerga, are coordinating against the Islamic...