“We’ve been missing a real state for 50 years,” Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, a harsh critic of Hezbollah, said Saturday, calling for the state to have monopoly on arms and to be the sole ...

Five days ahead of Iraq's January 30 elections, here are some facts about the balloting and the process itself. Some of the information came from a news conference Tuesday given by Fareed Ayar, a ...

KRG's Director General of Dams, Rahman Khani, detailed the current storage levels, noting that the Darbandikhan Dam retains ...

"In this tragic incident, we express our solidarity and sympathy with the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran," KRG PM ...

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World leaders in separate messages sympathized with Iran over the deadly blast at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, ...

By bnm Tehran bureau A powerful explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on April 26 has resulted in ...

Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world.

President Donald Trump appears to want Turkey to play a bigger role in the region, despite its poor human rights record toward the Kurds and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-standing antipathy ...

Iraq’s strategy seeks energy independence while navigating U.S.-Iran tensions, sanctions risks, and internal corruption ...

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

The Trump administration's withdrawal of troops from Syria shifts some responsibility for countering ISIS to its partners and ...