Strikes and student rallies gripped Baghdad and southern Iraq on Tuesday, after thousands in the capital defied an overnight curfew seeking to stamp out deadly anti-government protests. At least 240 people have died and 8,000 left wounded since demonstrations broke out on October 1 over...

President Trump is renewing his push for U.S. control of Syrian oil. But experts say there's not much oil there, and what there is belongs to the Syrian government. Still, the idea of controlling the oil fields is one that has long appealed to Trump. And it may provide a rationale for...

More than 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group will gather in Washington on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the United States pulls troops from Syria, a US official said Monday. Ministers from nations in the coalition against the extremists will "look at the next steps...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three civilians were killed Monday by a motorbike-borne IED in Suluk, a newly-captured town by Turkish-backed rebels in northeastern Syria, local monitoring said. The attack is the fifth in a week as IEDs and car bombs have been targeting areas taken...