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Can Iron-Fisted Syria Withstand Wave of Rebellion?

Just two months ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad boasted to The Wall Street Journal that his country was "stable" and that -- unlike the soon-to-be-toppled tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt -- his regime was immune to the threat of a pro-democracy uprising. It's unlikely he'd make such a bold statement today. For the past...

18 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Killed in Blast

(Oct. 13) -- An explosion at a military base used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard has killed at least 18 people and injured 14, according to state-run news outlets. The blast ripped through a training facility Tuesday in the western city of Khoramabad. Iran's official English language news service Press TV quoted Yadollah...

US Withdrawal From Iraq Doesn't Look Promising Amid Bombing Spree

(Aug. 26) -- From the U.S. perspective, the war in Iraq may be drawing to a close. But the violence continues, most recently with insurgent bombings in 13 towns and cities on Wednesday. The attacks killed more than 50 and sent a sufficiently clear message to the world: We're still here, and we'll vie for the country long...

Turkey Draws Fire for Detaining US Journalist

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 13) -- An American freelance journalist has been detained in Turkey after writing articles on the Turkish military's alleged abuse of Kurds in the country's southeast. Jake Hess, who earned a master's degree in history from Brown University in 2008, was detained Wednesday evening at his hotel in the...

Five Dead as Blast Hits Military Bus in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey (June 22) -- An organization calling itself the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) has claimed responsibility for a remote-controlled bomb blast here early this morning that killed five people and wounded 15. One of the dead was the 17-year-old daughter of a military officer. TAK is considered to be an...

Background on Kurds

The Kurdish people, or Kurds (), are an Iranic people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

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