Kurdish YPG plans to seize Azaz-Jarablus area in Syria: YPG commander
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia aims to "liberate" the area between Azaz and Jarablus held by Turkey-backed Syrian…
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Trump’s road to MENA stability runs through an increasingly rocky Egypt
With the world's attention focused on perennial Middle East hotspots like Iraq and Syria, foreign policy experts…
ISIS blows up historic Iraq’s Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret,…
How war brought cholera and polio back to the Middle East
As war ruins public health systems in Yemen and Syria, doctors are treating epidemics and diseases they once…
Russia says may have killed ISIS leader; West and Iraq doubtful
Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in…
U.S. expands presence in Syrian desert, rebels say
U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the…
Syrians say militants shoot escapees, air strikes kill civilians as Raqqa battle…
Islamic State militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes…
Revenge for Sinjar: Syrian Kurds free Islamic State slaves
Islamic State militants enslaved Noura Khalaf for three years, dragging her from her small Iraqi village across…
US, Turkey discuss Qatar spat, Syria on phone call
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed developments in Syria and…
Notre Dame attacker screamed ‘this is for Syria’ before being shot
A man armed with a hammer shouted "this is for Syria" and injured a policeman before being shot and wounded by…