Israel struck sites in southern Syria again earlier this week, in what has become a regular occurrence since the fall of the Assad regime late last year. Forging national unity in Syria will be enough of a challenge on its own but is only further exacerbated by Israel’s repeated strikes …

The Trump administration is placing economic and diplomatic pressure on the Iraqi government to reduce its economic ties to Iran and weaken Iranian influence throughout the country. Trump officials are insisting Baghdad prevent the flow of U.S. dollars to Iran and crack down on alleged Iraqi cooperation with Iran’s illicit …

Political and democratic conditions need to be in place for disarmament process to succeed, group says The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been fighting in an insurgency in Turkey since 1984, on Saturday unilaterally declared a ceasefire and said it would heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call to …