Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

H E WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

SDC's Dirar counters US envoy Barrack, asserting decentralized governance—not federalism—as Syria's path forward. He warns ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades ...

The Council today appointed Ralf Schröder as new head of mission for the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq (EUAM Iraq).

The Dassault Rafale stands as one of the most advanced and versatile fighter jets in the world, designed to execute a wide ...

The CEO of Zain Iraq outlines the company's strategic roadmap, the role of innovation and inclusion, and how public-private collaboration is shaping a digitally empowered Iraq ...

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

What Do Iraq’s Persecuted Yazidis Believe? Jayson Casper Adam, reincarnation, and a holy peacock. A Yazidi boy kisses a figure of a black snake at the entrance of the Temple of Lalish in Iraq.

The U.S. invaded Iraq more than 20 years ago in March 2003, claiming it had to disarm the Iraqi government of weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorial rule of President Saddam Hussein.