The top UN official in Iraq reiterated his confidence in the resilience of the country’s people, and the determination of their leaders, in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.

By John Lee. Dr. Mohamed Al Hassan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, at the start of which he highlighted ...

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

Formally integrating foreign fighters into Syria’s new army is viewed as a pragmatic political move, but one which alarms ...

US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack also discusses what’s next for sanctions relief, the country’s relationship with ...

Iran says it executed nine militants of the Islamic State group detained after a 2018 attack. The Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency announced the executions Tuesday.

Syria’s desert refugee camp has closed after a decade of hardship for those living there, after the last remaining families ...

Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay ...

Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine ...

We will not allow the Madleen ship, on which Greta Thunberg is traveling, to dock off the coast of Gaza,” an Israeli source said. The ship is expected to reach the area within four to five days.

Hints at normalisation are a way to keep the US engaged and restrain Israel’s destabilisation campaign in Syria, but ...

The lifting of economic sanctions on Syria will allow the government to begin work on daunting tasks that include fighting corruption and bringing millions of refugees home, Hind Kabawat, the minister ...