Turkey is ready to cooperate fully with the central Iraqi government to end the presence of the outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK in Iraq, the foreign ministry said Monday. In a statement, the ministry also said Ankara would stand by Baghdad to provide peace and stability in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the opposition's Interim Government said the ongoing infighting between Al-Shamiya Front and Sultan Murad alliance near the Turkish border to be solved soon due to a Turkish mediation and fevered efforts by the Syrian Islamic Council. Jawad Abu Hatab told Zaman...

 A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force battling the Islamic State group in Syria will be in control of Raqqa "within a few days" after attacking the last militant-held pocket of the city, a spokesman for the force said Monday. Mustafa Bali of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or...

An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said. Survivors of the capsizing told local officials that up to 65 people were on board and almost...