Baghdad : Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seeing his bid for a third term unravel, undermined by rising US pressure and deepening splits within the Shiite Coordination Framework, as ...

The destruction of Kurdish autonomy and the systematic persecution of Syria's religious minorities did not occur in a vacuum.

As the U.S. gears up for potential strikes, exploring how the West misunderstands Iran is more important than ever. In this interview, Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies, reflects on the ...

The collapse of Kurdish autonomy did not inaugurate Syria's current phase of violence; it confirmed a pattern already in ...

EXCLUSIVE: Huge convoys of US troops have been filmed leaving Syria for Iraq sparking fears ISIS may be reborn in their wake.

DAMASCUS, Syria — An international humanitarian organization has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as the ...

A weeks-long, violent crackdown on protesters in Iran has eased. Though dissent no doubt remains, an Internet blackout has ...

Ever since former dictator Bashar al-Assad was rushed out of Damascus as his hollowed-out dynastic regime collapsed in December 2024, Syria has existed somewhere between hope and anguish. On the one ...

The U.S. envoy to Syria said Washington was confident the Syrian government could take over the country’s fight against the Islamic State terrorist group.

Piece by piece, the young man in a black and white scarf – a keffiyeh – takes apart his AK-47 assault rifle, placing them side-by-side on the rocky ground. His brow furrows. He can’t push one of the ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday announced a deal with the chief of Kurdish-led forces that includes a ceasefire, after government troops advanced across Kurdish-held areas of the country's ...