Syria’s map of control has been shaken to its core since late 2024, when the Deterrence of Aggression offensive erupted and ...

Syria’s map of control has been shaken to its core since late 2024, when the Deterrence of Aggression offensive erupted and the Assad government fell, unleashing a series of security and military ...

Iraqi officials have retracted a decision to label Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels as terrorist organizations.

For Israel, Kurdistan is part of its security, not a side cause. Kurdish regions in Syria, Iraq and Iran lie across the land ...

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials on Monday were finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including ...

By the time of World War II, the term “ Axis powers ” had come to refer to the military coalition of Germany, Italy and Japan ...

U.S. sanctions against Russian oil majors Lukoil and Rosneft could trigger a structural reshaping of the global oil sector over the next year, reversing Moscow's decades-long efforts to expand its ...

Ayad Allawi calls for Iraq to align with the US over Iran, endorses KDP demands on the constitution, and praises the KRG as a "successful experience." ...

With Iraq’s political future in flux, President Barzani emerges once again as the nation’s stabilizing force and a central broker of consensus.

This week, I flew on the SilkWay Ilyushin IL-76 transporter from Baku to Erbil, Iraq, crewed by a team of five, including two ...

This article will appear in the January 2026 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “The Last Temptation of James Talarico.