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With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...

While Tehran has denied any involvement in Syria, elements affiliated with the ousted Assad regime in Syria say Iran is ...

After decades of managing tensions through careful balancing, Turkey and Iran now find themselves increasingly at odds ...

Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

Analysis: The interim president and the SDF agreed to integrate Kurdish-led forces into the Syrian military, but the deal ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has aggravated the already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, ...

Acting on a tip from Saudi authorities, the Iraqi Interior Ministry seized seven million Captagon pills coming through Turkey ...

A renewed peace effort between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reignited hopes for a resolution to the four-decade-long ...

Turkey, an ally of the new de facto Syrian authorities, in power since December 8, considers the lifting of sanctions essential to support the "comprehensive ...

Turkey has long had eyes on a gradual annexation of northern Syrian territory. Two years ago, military sources in northern Syria revealed the intention of the Turkish Army to build two military bases ...