Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.

Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday and ...

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

A month after the collapse of the 61-year Baath regime in Syria, Syrian refugees in neighboring Iraq are longing to return ...

Israeli officials have called for dividing Syria into small autonomous regions and have proposed a federal model for the ...

Iraq might have made it after a decade ... the more realistic set of expectations to try to induce new leadership in Syria to embrace. There is no easy way to stabilize a country coming out ...