Iraqi security forces began an operation Monday to retake the city of Fallujah from Islamic State extremists, storming the stronghold.... .
More than 500 people narrowly escaped drowning on Wednesday after their smugglers’ boat capsized in the southern Mediterranean, a s.... .
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held brief talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, a day after th.... .
Negotiations are underway to extend a fragile cease-fire agreement in Syria to the embattled northern city of Aleppo, which a surge o.... .
Anti-government protests in Baghdad exploded into violence Friday afternoon as thousands of demonstrators defied heavily armed guards.... .
The U.S. and Russia say their combined effort to quell unrest in Syria has resulted in a significant decrease in fighting in some are.... .
Supporters of Iraq’s mercurial Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Iraqi parliament, after entering Baghdad’s gover.... .
