Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region ...

The sanctions currently in place are primarily against the former government of Bashar al-Assad and his allies.

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called ...

The police went into the van he had used as the instrument of death and found an Islamic State flag. "By carrying a ISIS flag with him during the attack, the suspect wanted to show that he was a true ...

European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign ...

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

Archaeologists are painstakingly putting together artefacts at Nimrud shattered by Islamic State jihadists, undaunted by the ...

Iran last week launched its most extensive military exercises in decades, flying thousands of drones, parading rocket ...

Following my trip to Syria this week, I am even more convinced that parliament’s decision in September 2013 not to strike and ...

Iran is weaker and more vulnerable than it has been in decades, likely since its decadelong war with Iraq or even since the ...

A senior U.S. diplomat in northern Syria, William V. Roebuck, in a memo, called it “a catastrophic sideshow” and “an ...

U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...