Security

The logos of the SDF (R) and the Syrian Interim Government (left) frame a map highlighting the contested Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Syria

Amid Ceasefire, Kurdish Neighborhoods in Aleppo Descends Into Darkness as Sides Trade Blame

Surrounded by his top national security aides, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, at his Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP)

USA

Trump Issues Forceful New Warning to Maduro as US Escalates Tanker Interdictions

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025. (AP)

USA

Trump Says US ‘Needs’ Greenland for National Security, Citing Russian and Chinese Arctic Presence

Syrian security forces stand guard as residents leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP)

Syria

Syria Orders Ceasefire After Deadly Clashes as Turkey Presses SDF Integration

An aerial view of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Security Situation Deteriorates in Northern Aleppo Amid Clashes Between Syrian Army and SDF

This handout photo shows the car bomb site in southern Moscow, Dec. 22, 2025.( AFP/RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE)

Europe

Russian General Killed in Car Explosion in Moscow

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses French troops during a ceremony at the 5th Cuirassier Regiment's base in Zayed Military City, near Abu Dhabi, on December 21, 2025.

Europe

Macron Authorizes Construction of New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier to Replace Charles de Gaulle

Lebanese soldiers secure the site of an Israeli drone strike that targeted a truck in the village of Sibline, south of Beirut, on Dec. 16, 2025.

Middle East

One killed as Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon despite ceasefire

Hands holding various types of weapons, with the Iraqi flag in the background. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Under Terrorism Law, Iraq’s Interior Ministry Vows to End Tribal Violence and Monopolize Weapons

Members of the Syrian internal security forces while arresting ISIS cell terrorists in Daraya area of Rural Damascus, Dec. 21, 2025. (Photo: SANA)

Syria

Syrian Security Dismantles ISIS Cell in Rural Damascus Amid Intensified Counterterrorism Operations

PMF Members attend the funeral of fighters from Kataib Hezbollah, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil, Iraq, July 31, 2024. (AP)

Iraq

Iraq Receives Warnings of Imminent Military Strikes Amid Pressure to Disarm Militias

U.S. Representative Joe Wilson. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson Accuses Iraq’s Judiciary of Ties With Armed Factions

The head of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zidan. (Photo:

Iraq

Iraq’s Armed Factions Agree to Coordinate on Restricting Weapons to State Control, Supreme Judicial Council Chief Says

A crashed drone, allegedly of Russian origin, in a rural area near Izmit, Türkiye, Dec. 19, 2025. (DHA)

Turkey

Unidentified Drone Discovered in Türkiye as Ankara Probes Series of Aerial Incidents

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike, Dec. 18, 2025. (US Army)

Syria

Jordan Confirms Role in U.S.-Led Airstrikes Against Islamic State in Syria

In this US Army photo taken from an undisclosed location on Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP, Graphic: Kurdistan24)

USA

US Strikes Over 70 Islamic State Targets in Syria After Deadly Palmyra Attack