One protester killed. Then five. Suddenly, more than 40. As Iraq's anti-government demonstrations turned bloody, a network of rights defenders and medics began documenting deaths to fill a gag order on casualty numbers. Remarkably, the watchdog at the heart of the effort is itself a...

At least eight civilians were killed and 15 others, including two children, were injured on Thursday in a car bomb attack in Syria's northwestern city of Afrin. An explosive-laden vehicle detonated in a grocery market at Afrin city center, and the explosion also caused material damage....

Islamic State (IS) group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was found and killed over the weekend in northern Syria just a few miles from the Turkish border in a US raid that evaded the Turkey’s Incirlik base, in a sign of the increasing distrust between US and Turkish militaries. The...

Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari said on Tuesday a missile fell near a military base hosting U.S. forces north of Baghdad but caused no damage. Shammari inspected the sprawling Taji base to see the security situation there, accompanied by the army aviation commander and senior...