The Kazakhstan hijab ban law stems from the country's efforts to curb religious fundamentalism and promote secular values.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had strongly criticised US President Donald Trump's call for Iran's surrender, ...

As Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of authoritarian rule, there are signs of ...

People inside Iran tell BBC Persian about their fear and anger after the US bombed key nuclear sites overnight.

This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his ...

On the first night of what Donald Trump has called the ‘12-day war’ between Israel and Iran, someone spray-painted a message ...

America's open support for Israel's war against Iran is similar to its support in the 1950s for an operation initially ...

Areas within the Idlib province are still being developed, Abu Tarek explains, and, unlike under the Assad regime, it’s ...

Thanks to former chancellor Angela Merkel's asylum policy, Germany has taken in nearly half the Syrians seeking refuge in ...

EMERGING from a carpet shop in Iran’s beautiful and ancient city of Esfahan, I was engulfed by a group of jostling young men.