Middle East

Rival Kurdish groups, the Peshmerga Rojava and a local affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), engaged in deadly clashes in Iraq’s northwestern Sinjar region on March 3, two Kurdish…

Kurdish forces loyal to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party in Kirkuk, Iraq March 2, 2017 Rival Kurdish groups clashed in Iraq’s north-western Sinjar region on Friday, two Kurdish…

Protestors carry placards during a demonstration to support arrested German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel outside theTurkish Embassy in Berlin Turkey accused Germany on Friday of scandalous behaviour in cancelling rallies of…

Oil pumping from Iraq’s northern Kirkuk fields stopped on March 2 after Kurdish forces were deployed to search for explosives said to have been planted by Islamic State of Iraq…

Iraqi soldiers are in control of the road linking west Mosul with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held town of Tal Afar, isolating jihadists in the city,…

Fighting around the historic Yemeni port of Mokha has forced more than 48,000 people from their homes, a U.N. official said March 1, with many facing the threat of further…

A view of the Tetrapylon in the ancient city of Palmyra The Syrian army said on Thursday it had recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State for the…

Meeting of Intra Syria peace talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria and Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva Russia…

A view of the Tetrapylon in the ancient city of Palmyra Syria’s army and allied forces advanced inside Palmyra on Thursday after Islamic State pulled most of its forces back…

Chief negotiator of the Syrian opposition group HNC al-Hariri addresses the media in Geneva Syria peace talks in Geneva showed a first flicker of movement on Wednesday, as the opposition…