HOMS, Syria: At least seven civilians were killed in an overnight shelling by regime forces in western Syria, according to local activists on...
HOMS, Syria: At least seven civilians were killed in an overnight shelling by regime forces in western Syria, according to local activists on...
Basra, Iraq: A veteran fighter known as "the sheikh of snipers" has been killed in Iraq's battle to retake the town of Hawija...
Tehran: Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the region's controversial independence referendum,...
Kobane, Syria: Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons,...
Beirut: At least 28 civilians were killed in air strikes on northwestern Syria where a planned safe zone has been overshadowed by a...
Irbil: Iraq’s military was preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region as a flight ban halted all...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international...
Arbil, Iraq: More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on...
Beirut: Lebanon's and Egypt's national carriers will halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil this week at the request of the...
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week's vote on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. "The referendum...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday requested foreign airlines suspend flights to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area by Friday. The move...
JERUSALEM: Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation's...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi state TV employees pushed on Tuesday for the dismissal of Kurdish-origin civil servants who participated in Monday’s controversial independence referendum. Gathering...
Moscow: Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday said it had killed five field commanders and 32 fighters from a group formerly affiliated with Al-Qaeda...
Ramadi, Iraq: Islamic State group jihadists battled Iraqi forces near Ramadi west of Baghdad Wednesday after infiltrating government lines, a military source said....
PARIS: The Lebanese president says he wants some 1.5 million Syrian refugees living in his country to henceforth start returning to their homes,...
Damascus: The Syrian government is ready to discuss autonomy for the country's Kurds, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has said, the first time...
MOSCOW: The Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday denied allegations that its air strikes had killed civilians in Syria’s Idlib province, saying that in...
