The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.