(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis’ pontificate marked a distinct shift in the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Muslim world. While his predecessors fostered dialogue and tolerance, Francis sought ...

So far, the second Trump administration has launched limited airstrikes in Somalia and carried out a weekslong air campaign against the Iranian-aligned Houthis who rule most of Yemen. The president ...

Sirri Sureyya Onder, a key figure in Turkey’s latest effort to end the four-decade Kurdish conflict, has died. He was 62.

Iraq's Sunni Arabs, who turned out in larger numbers for a constitutional referendum after boycotting January's parliamentary vote, are now flexing their political muscles for the December 15 assembly ...

What could be the make-up of the next Iraqi government, as geopolitical drama continues to play out across the Middle East?

Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it.” Second, I commanded one of the key initiatives that informed the WPS strategy and ...

The Forbidden Zone spans almost the entire length of the Iraqi border with Turkey and is up to 40km (25 miles) deep in places ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

Maria Abi-Habib was a roving Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, focused on terrorism issues and jihadist groups such as al Qaeda and Islamic State. She had been based in Beirut and ...

There is no duty for any government more fundamental than protecting its people. The Constitution speaks of the “common ...

BAGHDAD – France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday that Iraq should not be pulled into conflicts in a turbulent Middle ...

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 ...