Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.

American forces pulled out of the “Conoco Fields” base in Deir ez-Zor base in May, after holding it for years amid repeated ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday reaffirmed Erbil's commitment to ...

CAIRO - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack by Islamic State militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria's Deir el-Zor on ...

Escalating tensions between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Damascus-aligned forces in northern Syria risk ...

While euphoria greeted Assad’s downfall, minorities now question if country dominated by Sunni majority can hold together ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Bahrain expressed its intention to open a consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and launch direct flights between Manama and Erbil, Shafaq News reported on August ...

Lieutenant General Sir “Robin” Ross, who has died aged 85, was a dynamic and unconventional leader whose career spanned ...

Hundreds of new law enforcement officers are to be recruited by the UK in a bid to tackle people smuggling gangs based in the ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday its fighters had clashed with government forces in Aleppo province in the country's north, in the latest incident to cast a shadow over a ...

SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD – China’s independent oil companies are ramping up operations in Iraq, investing billions of dollars in OPEC’s number two producer even as some global majors have scaled back from a ...