A mass grave has been uncovered in Iraq that, authorities say, contains the remains of Kurds, including women and children, who were killed nearly four decades ago under Saddam Hussein's regime.

The leader of the Syrian rebel coalition which toppled the Assad dynasty has sought to reassure Western nations they have nothing to fear from his victory.

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

Jolani, who still has a $10m US bounty on his head, joined al-Qaeda after moving to Iraq in 2003 and spent ... fighters are advancing on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northern Syria ...

Syrian civil war reignites as Islamist militants make significant territorial gains, challenging Assad regime's control.

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

Germany warned Turkey of stepping up military action against Kurdish armed groups in the north of Syria. Mourners carry the ...

The remarks came as the Syrian military attempted to organize a counterattack against rapid gains by insurgents who seized much of the second-largest city of ... and redraw the maps anew according ...

While the main opposition forces have seized Damascus, the rest of Syria is under the control of numerous other factions.

Assad has fled to Russia and Syria's three biggest cities - Aleppo, Damascus and Homs - are now under the control of the ...

The fate of hostages held by Hamas is directly linked to the Israeli army’s advance in certain areas of Gaza, the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...