The US has stepped up its battle against Isis in Syria as it seeks to prevent the group exploiting a power vacuum after rebels toppled the Assad regime, launching some of its heaviest air strikes ...

What West Asia needs is not ecstatic triumphalism but peace and reconciliation that will allow all factions in Syria, ...

The incoming US president has vowed not to involve America in foreign conflicts, but Assad's dramatic fall has upended the ...

A damaged portrait of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad lies on the ground in the western Syrian port city of Latakia.

Long ago, an ancient city known as Dur-Sharrukin briefly served as the capital for one of the most powerful empires […] ...

Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq has warned that Iraq is heading in the wrong direction, plagued by corruption, political measures and a lack of vision for the future. Sunni Arab ...

Clashes between Syrian Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian militias could be one of the biggest potential problems in ...

The Kurds helped the United States contain the Islamic State. Now they fear a resurgent Turkey that has long considered them ...

some people opened fire during celebrations in the city of Raqqa, causing casualties, according to the local Kurdish-led authorities. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said he talked with Iraq ...

The Biden administration has affirmed U.S. support for the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which fights ...

The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday proposed a "demilitarised zone" in the northern town of ...

The collapse of the Assad regime has fragmented Syria's territory, with several armed groups now jostling for control and ...