Al-Hol camp director Jihan Hanan said preparations were under way for the voluntary return of 66 families from the massive ...

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

Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Friday in a statement that two members of the Iraqi border guards were killed and another wounded in an attack that it said was carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ ...

Any withdrawal of US military forces and equipment from Syria by new US President Donald Trump would be a “nightmare” ...

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

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...

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

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 ...

You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in ...

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

Depending on need, redeployment of troops in Syria or their assignment to different regions may be considered, says ministry ...