Hayat Tahrir al-Sham aims to establish a Salafi regime in Damascus, opposed by Syria's minorities, says Kurdish leader.

People across Asia have kicked off May Day celebrations with marches and protests that spotlighted growing unease over U.S.

The Armenian Genocide of 1915, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, constituted the systematic killing of 1.5 million Armenians ...

Iraq's buffalo population has dramatically decreased due to severe droughts affecting the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, endangering the livelihoods of many farmers. Factors such as climate change, ...

Iraq’s buffalo population has more than halved in a decade as the country's two main rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, suffer ...

Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.

Laurence Norman - profile from The Wall Street Journal. News, articles, biography and photos.

Warren P. Strobel formerly covered intelligence and security in The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau. He has traveled with seven U.S. secretaries of state and two presidents. He and his ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

Turkey halted electricity exports to Iraq over unpaid dues, straining ties as Baghdad faces a summer power crunch and ...

Iraq, on April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, looks on during a joint press ...

Turkey is pursuing oil and gas exploration in Bulgaria, Iraq, and Libya, aiming to boost domestic production and become a key ...