آمبرین زمان - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

آمبرین زمان

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

هل تستعد جبهة التحرير السورية لتجاوز تركيا في إضفاء الطابع الرسمي على المكاسب التي حققها الأكراد؟

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A armed Kurdish Peshmerga of the Komala party waves the Komala flag in a ceremony held in memory of Komala Martyrs' Day in Sidakan, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on March 17, 2021.

Interview

يقول مهتدي من كومالا إنه على الرغم من تراجع ترامب عن مواقفه، قد تستمر الولايات المتحدة في دعم الأكراد في إيران.

Ghassan Salame, then-UN Envoy for Libya, holds a press briefing during UN-brokered military talks on Feb. 18, 2020 in Geneva.

Interview

غسان سلامة يقول إن المحادثات اللبنانية الإسرائيلية "ليست مفاوضات"، وإن نزع سلاح حزب الله بالقوة "وهم".

An undated image of Shelly Kittleson.

Exclusive

"ملك العراق": لعب القاضي البارز زيدان دورًا رئيسيًا في إطلاق سراح شيلي كيتلسون

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

This handout photograph provided by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (R) in Damascus on Dec. 22, 2025.

Analysis

كيف يمكن للحرب مع إيران أن تساعد سوريا في إدارة شؤون تركيا ومنافسيها الإقليميين

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026.

كشف اختطاف شيلي كيتلسون على يد ميليشيا يُشتبه في دعمها من إيران عن ضعف الحكومة العراقية

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to MPs at his party's group meeting in the Turkish parliament on Jan. 21, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey.

Analysis

كيف تُعطي الحرب مع إيران دفعة قوية لأردوغان رئيس تركيا

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Bibi Heybat mosque is seen in front of Bibi Heybat Oil Field, situated at the coast of the Caspian Sea outside Baku on March 19, 2019.

Analysis

كيف تستفيد أذربيجان - وتواجه خطر الخسارة - من الحرب مع إيران

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

An Iranian Kurdish peshmerga member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran inspects the damage sustained at the Azadi Camp following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye, east of Erbil district, on March 3, 2026.

Analysis

أول ضربة إيرانية على القوات الكردية العراقية منذ بدء الحرب بمثابة تحذير لحلفاء الولايات المتحدة

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Journalists gather outside the Ankara courthouse on March 10, 2020 behind a banner reading in Turkish "journalism is not crime," to protest over jailing of journalists, sparked by the recent arrest of OdaTV's news director and a journalist's report on the funeral of a Turkish intelligence officer apparently killed in Libya.

سُجن صحفي قام بالتحقيق في قضية نجل أردوغان بتهمة "التضليل" في تركيا

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

An Iraqi oil tanker waits at the Khawr Abd Allah canal leading up to Al-Faw port in southern Iraq, on June 6, 2024.

في محاولة يائسة لبيع نفطها، يلجأ العراق إلى تركيا وسط المواجهة مع الأكراد

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Sipan Hemo

أبرز منتقدي دمشق من الأكراد يعيّنون نائباً لوزير الدفاع السوري

Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture