Washington: The United States commended former Iraqi-Kurdish president Massud Barzani's decision to step down on Monday, pledging to work closely with his nephew...
Washington: The United States commended former Iraqi-Kurdish president Massud Barzani's decision to step down on Monday, pledging to work closely with his nephew...
Al-Qaryatain, Syria: Two weeks ago, Manaf thought his days were numbered. But this weekend he and other former Islamic State group hostages were...
Damascus: A convoy carrying aid for some 40,000 people entered the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Syria's capital Damascus on Monday, a...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed the ongoing crisis in the country over the phone earlier...
DAMASCUS, Syria: At least 11 civilians were killed during Syrian regime’s attacks on a suburb of Damascus’ Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, according to...
Ankara: A mass trial resumed in Turkey on Monday of more than 220 suspects, including former generals, accused of being among the ringleaders...
BAGHDAD, Iraqi Kurdish political parties opposed to Masoud Barzani, the outgoing Kurdistan region leader, reported attacks on their offices in several cities overnight...
Qaryatayn, SYRIA: Twenty six Syrian hostages who escaped from their Islamic State captors received an emotional homecoming on Sunday in the central province...
Al Hoceima, Morocco: Tensions still simmer in Morocco's neglected north a year after a fishmonger was crushed to death in a rubbish truck,...
BAGHDAD: Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani gave a bitter speech on Sunday to announce his resignation, saying no one outside the Kurds’ home region...
ERBIL: Masoud Barzani, who spent decades leading the long-oppressed Kurds, confirmed on Sunday he was stepping down as president of the Kurdistan Regional...
Tehran: Iranian authorities on Sunday prevented an "illegal gathering" at the tomb of ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great and arrested a number...
Arbil, Iraq: Massud Barzani, the president of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq, told a closed-door session of parliament Sunday he was stepping...
Mogadishu: The death toll from a deadly weekend attack on a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 27, the Somali government said Sunday,...
ANKARA: Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani called for presidential elections to be held a month earlier in northern Iraq on Nov. 1...
BAGHDAD: Seventy-five Daesh militants were killed during operations in Al-Anbar, in the last 72 hours, according to Brigadier-General Yahya Rasul. Spokesman for the...
Dubai: Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defence and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani...
Beirut: Heavy clashes between Syria's army and the Islamic State group in Deir Ezzor city have killed at least 73 fighters in the...
