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

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

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was in Baghdad on Sunday where he met top officials and called for a joint fight against the PKK ...

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

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region ...

Iraq and the Global Coalition Against Daesh discussed today ways to eliminate terrorist organisations.Iraqi Prime Minister ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

The planned end of the U.S.-led coalition's mission by September 2025 introduces uncertainty about Iraq's security stability.

The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.