Prime Minister al-Sudani hails the killing of Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay’i as a major blow to ISIL remnants in Iraq.

Last month, Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shaibani made his first visit to the Iraqi capital to discuss ways to increase ...

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Syria's foreign minister made his first visit to Iraq since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and called on Baghdad to reopen the ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

Khazali, leader of the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), said on Monday that Israel’s main objective in allegedly reshaping ...

Authorities foiled the drug smuggling operation after thermal cameras detected the pills, which were hidden in plastic containers and then wrapped in bags and placed in bundles of reeds.

The relationship between Iraq and Syria is somewhat fraught after the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad. Al-Sudani came to power with the support of a coalition of Iran-backed factions, and ...

Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad on the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the dictator who ordered Fayyad's imprisonment ...

Syria’s new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as ...