Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

Officials on all sides worry that failure to reach a ceasefire and longer-term political accord in the northeast could ...

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

Now a bestselling novelist, McCloskey reveals why he quit ‘the secret world’ to write spy fiction worthy of le Carré ...

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

US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday and ...

Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and ...

The tumultuous collapses of Iraq, Libya and Syria offer stark parallels and contrasts, shedding light on the complex ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a ...

The Arab League re-admitted Syria in 2023 after shunning it for 12 years because of a brutal crackdown by then-President Bashar Assad against demonstrators.

Armed revolution in neighbouring Syria has been viewed with concern. The Islamist rebels now in power in Damascus were among the Sunni Muslim militants that entered Shia-majority Iraq from Syria ...