BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday requested foreign airlines suspend flights to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area by Friday. The move follows Monday’s...
Islamic State militants attacked on Wednesday several positions held by Iraqi forces in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, killing at least 7 soldiers and wounding 16,...
Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation’s general assembly in Beijing,...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, state media say. Government ministries are to prepare reports within...
Israeli officials reacted angrily to the shooting deaths Tuesday of three security officers by a Palestinian man in the West Bank settlement of Har Adar. The...
MOSCOW – The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday denied allegations that its air strikes had killed civilians in Syria’s Idlib province, saying that in recent days...
IRBIL, Iraq – The Iraqi government ruled out talks on possible secession for Kurdish-held parts of northern Iraq on Tuesday after a referendum on independence showed...
ANKARA – Turkey’s Habur border gate with northern Iraq remains open, but security checks have been tightened, Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci said Monday. Speaking...
JERUSALEM – Scores of Palestinians on Thursday celebrated the Islamic New Year at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls to protect the holy site from continued...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asked Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani to postpone next week’s controversial referendum on Kurdish regional independence. In a...
IDLIB – Within the last three days, 12 civilians have reportedly been killed by airstrikes that occurred inside a de-escalation zone set up in Syria’s opposition-held...