Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday and ...

Any withdrawal of US military forces and equipment from Syria by new US President Donald Trump would be a “nightmare” scenario and aid a resurgence of ISIS, the commander of a US-backed Syrian ...

Israeli officials have called for dividing Syria into small autonomous regions and have proposed a federal model for the ...