Handover comes two days after 15 people were killed in the province Suicide bomber rams vehicle into the Iraqi labor minister's convoy Minister Mahmoud Mohammed al-Radhi was not in the convoy Babil, ...

Basra residents have relaunched a constitutional campaign for regional status, citing economic neglect, historical precedent, ...

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an ...

The lack of willingness of countries to recognize Somaliland is solely due to the legacy of colonialism and how colonial decisions transformed into international law.

Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government have agreed to extend their critical oil export deal, ensuring the continued flow ...

NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department official Wa'el Alzayat about the prospects of Kurdish forces reaching an agreement to join the Syrian army ahead of an end-of-year deadline.

Here, where prayer once rose in many languages, Christmas was never a fleeting ritual. It became a memory layered with faith, ...

Israel: Expanding its occupation of the Golan Heights, Israel has also begun to establish a de facto presence in Suwayda, ...

Assad, Israel supported Druze fighters in the south, in an effort to weaken Syria’s new government under the rule of ...