US forces still remain at Harir Air Base in Erbil province, located in the Kurdistan Region. Iraq’s central government does not fully control the Kurdish region in northern Iraq as it’s an autonomous ...

Washington is caught between preventing a collapse of its Kurdish partners’ self-ruling enclave and supporting the Syrian ...

The new unity deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken over a number of strategic assets from the ...

For his part, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said his visit to Tehran reflects the deep and longstanding ties between ...

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of ...

Syrian government forces have entered Raqqa as part of their ongoing push against U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces in ...

Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah oversaw the assignment of tasks and duties to various military ...

An insurgency that ties the United States down in Venezuela would delight Beijing and Russia. Drug cartels that have been ...

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government. The November election didn ...

There is a certain eerie familiarity to the Trump administration’s slow roll to war with Venezuela. There is the ominous military buildup, the shifting rationales, and even a shaky claim of “weapons ...

The UN will close its assistance mission in Iraq after more than two decades, ending a presence launched following the 2003 US invasion, as Baghdad says it is now self-reliant. The UN is ending a ...