Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
The first of some 2,000 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey have crossed the border into Iraq's northern Kurdistan region under a peace plan agreed with Ankara. But what will they do there?
Deadly clashes between police and Islamists in Bangladesh have focused international attention on a coalition of Muslim groups calling for strict Islamic laws. But political observers in Dhaka say rather than indicating a rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism, the emergence of the umbrella group is just one aspect of general political unrest.
Since the ousting of Saddam Hussein's regime 10 years ago, the marshlands that he systematically destroyed have responded to efforts to replenish them with water and wildlife. RFE/RL looks at the prospects for marshland Iraqis who are returning to resume their traditional way of life.
A global survey of Muslims has found more support in Afghanistan for suicide bombing than among Muslims anywhere else in the world except the Palestinian Territories. That has fueled a debate about whether the findings are accurate and whether they reflect a shift in opinion.
The Taliban has called them "thieves." But other Afghans say they are victims of a brutal example of Taliban justice. RFE/RL takes a closer look at the case of two Afghan private-security-firm employees who each had a hand and foot cut off by the Taliban.
Belgrade and Pristina’s landmark agreement to normalize their relations is facing difficult hurdles on the ground in the Serb-majority municipalities of northern Kosovo.
International justice activists say that after 20 years, it is high time for a "serious, critical, and constructive review" of the work done by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Lawmakers from northwestern Iran are pushing for a 19th-century treaty between empires that no longer exist -- tsarist Russia and Persia -- to be renegotiated. In Baku, one Azerbaijani lawmaker is welcoming the idea -- saying Tehran would have to hand over territory in northwestern Iran if the treaty is reworked.
Iraq is experiencing a fresh wave of political violence as the country prepares for local elections. This time, it appears to stem from rivalries between Sunni factions.
Over the last 10 years, some individuals have come to embody different aspects of the Iraq War and its aftermath. The death of Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen led to the WikiLeaks phenomenon and accusations of a Pentagon cover-up.
Over the last 10 years, some individuals have come to embody different aspects of the Iraq War and its aftermath. Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi was the man behind the "shoe heard around the world," the infamous protest action that came to embody Iraqis' rage against the war and its injustices.
Over the last 10 years some individuals have come to embody different aspects of the Iraq war and its aftermath. Eleven U.S. soldiers were eventually convicted in the Abu Ghraib abuse case, but U.S. Army Reserve specialist Lynndie England became the face of the scandal.
Over the last 10 years some individuals have come to embody different aspects of the Iraq war and its aftermath. After Ali Ismail Abbas lost both of his arms and suffered burns to 60 percent of his body, doctors in Baghdad didn't think he would live to his next birthday.
Over the last 10 years, some individuals have come to embody different aspects of the Iraq war and its aftermath. Ahmad Chalabi was once seen in Washington as a potential successor to Saddam Hussein to lead postwar Iraq.
Afghanistan's president has ordered all U.S. Special Forces out of the strategic province of Wardak just west of Kabul -- raising questions about the impact Afghan security forces will have in the country after most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014.
Mitrovica's ethnic Serbian and Albanian communities have been divided since the end of Kosovo's war in June 1999. To the south of the Ibar River, Albanians see Mitrovica as part of a new country governed by Pristina, which declared independence from Serbia five years ago. But most Serbs in the north insist Mitrovica -- and indeed, all of Kosovo -- will forever be Serbia.
As Kosovo this month marks the fifth anniversary of its unilateral declaration of independence, most people there are struggling to survive in one of Europe's poorest and most undeveloped economies.
It has been just a week since France sent troops to intervene in Mali's civil war. Since then, the crisis has escalated behind Mali's borders -- increasing the urgency of international intervention plans and raising concerns that the western Sahara could become a quagmire for foreign forces.
Facebook has launched a test version of a new search engine in a bid to erode Google's dominance and keep users coming back to the social networking site.
The end of the year is the deadline for Republicans and Democrats to agree on reducing the U.S. budget deficit in order to prevent the United States from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. But what exactly does the term "fiscal cliff" mean?
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