The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump ...

Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al-Assad. It was 2007 and the insurgency against US troops was raging next door in Iraq. Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a fellow ...

This date marks the definitive end of Ba'athist rule in both Iraq and Syria, with Bashar al-Assad fleeing the country. It also signals the likely demise of the Syrian Ba'ath Party’s presence in ...

An Iraqi delegation met with Syria's new rulers in Damascus on Thursday, an Iraqi government spokesman said, the latest diplomatic outreach more than two weeks after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's ...

Although Syria is not a major oil producer, its strategic geographic location could cause potential disruptions for key oil-producing countries such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. As for ...

A BRITISH holiday firm plans to restart trips to Syria just six weeks after the fall of tyrant Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Baghdad’s push to dismantle armed groups working outside of the state apparatus comes as Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah have taken heavy blows, and Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria has been repl ...

Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al-Assad. It was 2007 and the insurgency against US troops was raging next door in Iraq. Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ...