Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

A Turkish air strike has killed nine members of one family in an area controlled by the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in north-eastern Syria, the US-backed group has said. The drone attack ...

Acting on a tip from Saudi authorities, the Iraqi Interior Ministry seized seven million Captagon pills coming through Turkey ...

A renewed peace effort between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reignited hopes for a resolution to the four-decade-long ...

Turkey, an ally of the new de facto Syrian authorities, in power since December 8, considers the lifting of sanctions essential to support the "comprehensive ...

Turkey has long had eyes on a gradual annexation of northern Syrian territory. Two years ago, military sources in northern Syria revealed the intention of the Turkish Army to build two military bases ...

The European Union is hosting a donor conference to garner support for a peaceful transition in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad in December ...

Either Al-Sharaa is sincere in his reform efforts but does not have control over hardliners in his own organization, or ...

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held their first call since Trump’s January 2025 ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has aggravated the already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, ...

It is not possible to be both pro-Turkey and anti-Hamas; they are two sides of the same coin. Michael Rubin is a contributor ...