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Mayıs 1, 2026

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President of Syria Ahmed al-Shara arrives for the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at UN Headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City.

Analysis

Suriye lideri izlediği dans gösterisiyle büyük tepki topladı

Şam’da rap şarkıcısı Missy Elliott'un cinsel içerikli bir şarkısı eşliğinde sunulan dans gösterisinin yarattığı infial, Şara'nın nasıl ince bir ip üstünde yürümeye çalıştığını gösteriyor.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Kurdish people waving Kurdistan flags gather to celebrate Nowruz on the hill of Urkesh in the countryside of Amuda in northeastern Syria on March 18, 2026. Nowruz, meaning "new day," is an ancient festival that marks the start of spring and the new year on the vernal equinox, which usually falls on March 20 or 21. It is celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide and has been observed for over 3,000 years across regions including the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus and parts of Eastern Euro

Analysis

Şara’nın Suriyeli Kürtlere yönelik adımları Türkiye’yi rahatsız edebilir mi?

Şam, Suriyeli Kürtlerle ilişkilerinde ufak ama somut ilerlemeler kaydederken, Ankara taraflar arasında sağlanacak mutabakatın şartlarını belirlemeye çalışıyor.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Members of People's Defense Units (YPG) stand guard as Syrian government internal security personnel enter the northeastern city of Hasakeh, a Kurdish stronghold, on Feb. 2, 2026.

Feature

SDG-Şam ateşkesinin ardından Kürt bölgesi Aleviler için hâlâ güvenli mi?

Suriye hükümeti ile Kürt güçlerinin ateşkes anlaşmasına varması, Suriye'nin batısındaki şiddet olaylarından kuzeydoğuya kaçan binlerce Alevi’yi belirsizlikle karşı karşıya bıraktı.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A campfire burns inside al-Hol camp on Jan. 26, 2026 in Al Hasakah, Syria.

Exclusive

Suriyeli Kürt yetkililer: 66 Türk IŞİD militanı Irak'a nakledildi

Bugüne kadar SDG gözetiminde olan IŞİD’li tutuklular, Irak hapishanelerine nakledilmek üzere ABD önderliğindeki koalisyona teslim edildi.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Feature

Suriye Kürtleri: ABD El Hol'deki yardım taleplerimizi yanıtsız bıraktı

Members of Syrian security forces at the entrance of the al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakah province which holds around 24,000 people, including some 6,200 women and children from around 40 nationalities on Jan. 21, 2026 in Al Hasakah, Syria.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Şam-SDG anlaşması İsrail’e ne kaybettirebilir?

Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images

Interview

Suriyeli Kürt yetkili: Şam ile savaş herkese kaybettirir

An undated image of Foza Yusif.

Foza Yusuf

Foza Yusuf

Top Syrian Kurdish official

Analysis

Trump'ın özel temsilcisi Barrack, Netanyahu'nun sabrını sınıyor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with US special envoy Tom Barrack, Jerusalem, Dec. 15 2

Yazar: Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Amberin Zaman

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Syrian children from the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain are pictured near the Turkish border fence as gunfire is heard between the Free Syrian Army and the armed Kurds of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the northern Syrian town of Ceylanpinar, November 25, 2012. Iran said Turkey's plans to deploy Patriot defensive missiles near its border with Syria would add to the region's problems, as fears grow of the Syrian civil war spilling across frontiers. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (TURKEY - Tags

Türkiye Esad sonrasında daha fazla bedel ödeyecek

Turkish workers work to reinforce the border fence between the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain and the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province November 21, 2012. NATO member states have agreed to supply Turkey with an advanced Patriot missile system to defend against Syrian attacks and talks on its deployment are in the final stage, Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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