Ethnic groups in the Middle East
Turkey and 'the rescue of European Jews'
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An open letter to Pope Francis
Dear Holy Father,
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ISIL jihadists free 200 elderly Yazidis in north Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group released more than 200 mostly elderly members of northern Iraq's Yazidi minority Jan. 17 who had been held for months, officials and activists said.
Antithesis of radical Islam is not moderate Islam, it is secularism
For centuries, ideologues and politicians in the West have positioned themselves regarding Islam in a defensive way.
Circassians in soul searching in 150th year of Turkey exile
Circassians in Turkey are increasingly looking to gain rights from the state amid a process of questioning their identity and their place between Ankara and Moscow, according to a professor of international relations at Kadir Has University.
Churches given more freedom to conduct their affairs
A new law allowing the Catholic, Anglican and other churches in Greece to administer their affairs without state involvement was passed through Parliament on Thursday.
Education and Religious Affairs Minister Andreas Loverdos described the legislation, which gives the churches similar statuses to state bodies that operate under private law (NPID), as a big deal.
Islamic State militants extend gains in north Iraq
Islamic State militants extended their gains in northern Iraq on Aug. 7, seizing more towns and strengthening a foothold near the Kurdish region, witnesses said, in an offensive that has alarmed the Baghdad government and regional powers.
The advance came after the Sunni militants inflicted a humiliating defeat on Kurdish forces in a weekend sweep in the north.
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Iraqi Kurds won’t declare state ‘without telling Turkey’
Kurds will not surprise Turkey with the establishment of a possible independent state, according to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami.
The gardens in the Middle East
Few people know how ancient the word paradise is, that it has been traced to the Achaemenid dynasty that ruled the Middle East from the 8th century to the 4th century BC over an area that stretched from the Balkans to the Indus River Valley.
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