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BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Syria war monitor said that President Bashar al-Assad has left the country, after losing swathes of territory to a lightning offensive led by an Islamist-led rebel …

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian government forces have lost control of Daraa city, a war monitor said, in another stunning blow for President Bashar al-Assad’s rule after rebels wrested other key …

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The first session of the Kurdistan Parliament’s sixth term convened with 97 of the 100 newly-elected members taking their oaths. However, due to the absence of …

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The ongoing conflict in Syria has intensified, with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazloum Abdi reporting heavy attacks from multiple fronts. The SDF, which has …

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo’s airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Syria’s second city, a war monitor said. Damascus ally Moscow responded …

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies breached Syria’s second city of Aleppo on Friday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. …

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The Ministry of Migration and Displaced in Iraq is intensifying efforts to close displacement camps in the Kurdistan Region, according to Deputy Minister Karim Nouri. Speaking …

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The Iraqi Ministry of Education has initiated a project to install solar energy systems in schools across Baghdad, starting with 300 primary and secondary schools in …

LONDON, United Kingdom — Six people have been arrested in London for “suspected activity” linked to the proscribed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as part of a “significant” counter-terrorism policing operation, …

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Progress looms in the prolonged stalemate over the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports as the Iraqi Parliament completed the first reading of a proposed amendment to the Federal …