TEHRAN, Resala al-Sharkani and Farshid Motahari (dpa) - Iran plans to hold joint military exercises with Iraq on its border with the Iraqi Kurdish region, which angered Baghdad and Tehran by holding...
ERBIL, IRAQ, Resala al-Sharkani and Ramadan Al-Fatash (dpa) - A ban on international flights to and from Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the central government in Baghdad, went into effect Friday as...
GENEVA (dpa)- The UN Human Rights Council set up a group of eminent experts on Friday to examine alleged violations committed during the regional conflict that is playing out in Yemen. European...
BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa) - At least 73 Syrian regime forces and their allies were killed in a series of attacks launched by the Islamic State militia in eastern Syria in the last 24 hours, a...
CAIRO (dpa)- Islamic State on Thursday released a purported audio recording of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he vows to continue fighting despite the extremist group's military setbacks....
BEIRUT (dpa)- A Lebanese military court on Thursday sentenced radical cleric Ahmed al-Asir to death for his involvement in deadly clashes against the Lebanese army four years ago. The Sunni cleric...
ISTANBUL, dpa correspondents (dpa) – Russia and Turkey have agreed to cooperate closely to end the Syrian conflict and prevent the disintegration of Iraq, Russian President Vladimir Putin said...
BRUSSELS (dpa) - The European Commission presented a new resettlement scheme on Wednesday, that would allow for 50,000 refugees to be resettled to Europe over the next two years. The commission said...
ERBIL, IRAQ, Resala al-Sharkani and Nehal El-Sherif (dpa) – A referendum on the independence of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has been approved by an overwhelming majority, the election...
NEW DELHI (dpa)- The United States aims to solve the crisis with North Korea "diplomatically," the country's Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday. The US is supporting United Nations-led...