Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have deployed to Kurdish areas, setting up temporary checkpoints to ...

The festivities, which begin 25 days before Newroz, take place across various cities and towns in the region. This year, a large-scale carnival is being held in Deryaz, an ancient village located 10 ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, ...

The peril and promise of Syria under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa — the former leader of an Islamist insurgent group — ...

Traditional Kurdish clothing shops in Iran’s western Kurdish areas (Rojhelat) have noticed a growing demand for Kurdish ...

An anonymous official told Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency that the flogging came as punishment for possessing alcohol - ...

Dancing in a nightclub in Damascus - how are locals coping after five years of war?

A popular singer in Iran was given 74 lashes for a song which slammed Iran’s strict dress code for women. Mehdi Yarrahi ...

Yarrahi, 43, released the song a year after the Women, Life Freedom movement in 2023, which was sparked by the death of ...

Yarrahi’s case has sparked renewed calls from human rights organizations for Iran to abolish flogging and end its crackdown ...

Andalibi is a widely respected nay (reed flute) player and an in-demand side player virtuoso for top traditional Persian ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes as part of his sentence a song supporing women's rights and opposes the ...