When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn't often heard before. "I told him, 'Adam, I would ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq's Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

In the wind-swept town of Khanke in northern Iraq, a fragile tree stands as a quiet symbol of resilience. Its slender trunk ...

"We see this historic step as a long-awaited justice and a positive step towards achieving justice," said President Abdul ...

Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...

The opposition Republican People's Party, which has resisted ... Ankara says it has won assurances that the Kurds of northern Iraq will not be allowed to make a bid for independence from Iraq ...

The Kurds, mainly Sunni Muslims, speak a language related to Farsi and live mostly in a mountainous region straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. In Iraq, they have their ...

Iran may be providing various types of surface-to-surface missiles to militias in Iraq, according to a new report by the UK's The Times on Wednesday. The report depicts this as part of Iran’s ...

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The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia responsible for most executions, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

An initial commitment to a Kurdish state was ignored and the Kurdish people were forcibly partitioned between Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Winston Churchill, who was Colonial Secretary in 1920 and ...