The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

It has always been a dream to return here,” said Abu Hamza, one of the few visitors to Palmyra since last month’s downfall of ...

For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for Islamic State-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday after talks in Baghdad that a joint battle using "all our resources" must ...

With the end of the final US-led coalition force in Iraq, the Iranians may feel they have a golden opportunity. But ...

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump ...

Sharaa was appointed Wednesday to lead Syria for an unspecified transitional period, and has been tasked with forming an ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urged for a unified effort to combat Islamic State and Kurdish militants after his ...

The Iraqi parliament has passed an amnesty law that could lead to the release of thousands of prisoners, including Iraqis ...

From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...