Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an investigation after dozens of complaints from Arab families about relatives they say have not been heard from since their arrest by Kurdish forces. Kurds control an autonomous region in north Iraq, and they also held the disputed Kirkuk...
Russia Tuesday denied postponing a Syria peace conference while not confirming an earlier announced date of Nov. 18, after the plan gained a cool reception from rebel backer Turkey and its Western allies. "This congress is being prepared now," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told...
(Zaman al Wasl)- Syrian White Helmets reportedly found mass graves of several dozens of Syrian army troops in northern Idlib province on Saturday. The leading Civil Defense rescuing group has found mass grave for 63 silan army soldiers in al-Hamediya Camp near the town of Maarret...
The U.N. received 31 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its staff in the three months from July to September this year, Secretary General Antonio Guterres' spokesman said Friday. The accusations were leveled against U.N. staff from across the system. Twelve of the...
