Leftist foreign fighters are drawn to Rojava in Kurdish Syria for its radical democratic politics and gender equality. But LGBTQ rights have a ways to go.

After the liberation of Mosul, so-called “ISIS families” have been hit with retaliatory violence, forcibly evicted, and sent to rehabilitation camps.

Four-year-old Awra Ali was nearly blinded in a U.S.-led coalition strike in Mosul. She's among the unprecedented number of civilians harmed in strikes in March.

Many French Muslims anticipate a surge in racial profiling by the police, as well as hate crimes and violence by ordinary citizens.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised stability and security in the recent Turkish elections and then vowed to “liquidate” Kurdish rebels, ending the peace process.