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 …