The visit is Pence’s first to Iraq and comes nearly one year since President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to the country. Continue reading →

Ambassador Kerim Uras was asked to respond to calls that Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be charged with war crimes. Continue reading →

Under the new plan, troops would protect a large swath of land controlled by Syrian Kurdish fighters. Continue reading →

Zau Seng had traveled to Syria and Iraq several times to treat people injured on the front lines and document abuses. Continue reading →

Turkey last month invaded northeastern Syria to push out Syrian Kurdish fighters, who it considers terrorists for their links to a Kurdish insurgency inside Turkey. Continue reading →

Officials says if Western laws can’t sustain a prosecution, then maybe the laws need to change. Continue reading →

The Syrian Kurdish fighters have until 3 p.m. GMT Tuesday to pull back to positions about 30 kilometres from the Turkish border. Turkey and Russia will conduct joint patrols along a border strip once the Kurdish forces leave. Continue reading →

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by U.S. special forces in the Idlib region of northwest Syria. Continue reading →

Russia’s defence ministry says the move to send U.S. armoured vehicles to Syrian oil fields were motivated by a desire to protect oil smugglers and not by real security concerns. Continue reading →

The fighting underscored the risks of violence as multiple and often opposing armed forces jostle for new positions in the tight quarters of the northeastern border zone. Continue reading →