For Iranian Kurds, war is not liberation
Kurds waving flags in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo by Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash. On July 17, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched combined drone and…
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Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first year in power bodes ill for Syria’s future
Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow, 2025. Photo by Sergey Bobylev/TASS/Wikimedia Commons. Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Islamist commander linked to al-Qaeda factions, toppled Syria’s long-...