Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...
Kurds in Iraq, Syria celebrate Newroz festival of spring
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...
'World War Three will be on us if we don't fight dictators like my hero mother did'
Violette Szabo was a crack British agent who fought against the Nazis before being captured and executed. Her daughter has ...
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Nowruz 2025: Traditions, Haft Sin and celebrations of the Persian New Year
Nowruz is celebrated at the exact moment of the spring equinox when the sun crosses the celestial equator. In 2025, this ...
Heilung singer Maria Franz: ‘We have a weird sense of time when we perform. It feels like five minutes and an eternity at the same time’
The experimental folk group’s gigs are astonishing spectacles – think Viking funeral mixed with a battle from The Lord of the Rings – and their ultimate goal is to whisk the listener off to an ancient ...
In Moorhead, growing Kurdish population builds culture with the only class of its kind in Minnesota
The Kurdish American Development Organization started teaching Kurdish language classes at its office in Moorhead, home to ...
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The Tombs of the Assyrian Queens Yaba, Banitu, and Atalia
The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of Nimrud ... The items displayed Syrian and Phoenician iconography in addition to central Assyrian Art. The ...
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‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
The forces aligned with Syria’s new Islamist government who had descended on their village of al-Sanobar were only going after people affiliated with the recently toppled dictator Bashar al ...
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Explosion in Syria's Latakia kills 16 people
A powerful explosion triggered by an old bomb killed at least 16 people, including five children, and wounded 18 others in Syria’s coastal city of Latakia on Saturday. The blast demolished a ...
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U.S., Israel interested in Sudan, Somalia and Syria for resettlement of Gazans, sources say
The Trump administration and Israel approached the governments of Sudan and Somalia, and have also been interested in Syria, as potential places to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, according to ...
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Syria emergency
We urge all parties to act now to ensure this moment becomes a turning point toward hope, recovery, and lasting peace and stability for the Syrian people. The situation inside Syria remains volatile ...