Talks between politicians from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party and jailed Kurdish leaders have been gathering steam as they try to ...

The Sahel region of Africa, between the Sahara and the tropical savannahs to the south, has emerged as a significant base of ...

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 ...

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

Iran has agreed to supply 1,500 suicide drones to the Kurdish YPG/PKK group in Syria to counter Turkey’s military operations, ...

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 ...

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