Iraq's Popular Mobilization on Sunday called on the Iraqi government to ban U.S. nationals from entering Iraq and to expel those who are already in the country, in a reaction to the new U.S. travel curbs on Iraqis. Popular Mobilization is mainly a coalition of Shiite paramilitary groups...

An arrest warrant against the former governor of Mosul has been reissued by the Iraqi government. Atheel al-Nujaifi, commander of the Nineveh Guard militia, was first charged in October 2015 with allegedly spying for the Turkish military. "[An] arrest warrant has been issued against...

The United States has accepted for resettlement just under 2,200 refugees from Syria since the conflict began in 2011. The vast majority arrived within the last year. They are now arriving at the rate of 45 a week. Though it’s picking up pace, the rate is still far short of what will be needed...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed those fleeing war and persecution on Saturday even as Canadian airlines said they would turn back U.S.-bound passengers to comply with an immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. In pointed tweets a day after U.S. President Donald...