By Jonathan Spicer, Tuvan Gumrukcu and Maya Gebeily ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential ...

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

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

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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 ...

An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iraq might have made it after a decade ... the more realistic set of expectations to try to induce new leadership in Syria to embrace. There is no easy way to stabilize a country coming out ...