Syrian regime shelling killed four schoolchildren and a man on Tuesday in the rebel-held besieged town of Jisreen east of the capital Damascus, a Britain-based monitor said, AFP reported. "A shell fired by regime troops hit the entrance of a school in Jisreen just as children were...

Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq's Kurdistan region "in the coming days following a closure after last month’s Kurdish vote in favour of independence, the Iranian armed forces chief of staff said. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Baqeri, in remarks quoted by ISNA news agency on Monday,...

At least 11 civilians were killed and a school day violently interrupted amid intensive Syrian regime shelling of a rebel-held enclave north of the capital Damascus Sunday, sending panicked kindergarten children scurrying for shelter, opposition activists reported. The Britain-based...

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan’s veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered a crisis...