BAGHDAD/KIRKUK (Reuters) - The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making startlingly rapid gains in a sudden campaign that has shifted the balance of power in the country almost overnight. In the second day of a lightning...

Germany has suspended the training of Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq amid concerns about growing tensions in Kirkuk, officials confirmed Monday. “The military training activities have been temporarily suspended," a German Defense Ministry spokeswoman told Anadolu Agency,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian police are mobilizing forces to storm the central prison of Homs as more than 500 prisoners continue their revolt for the second week against jail sentences issued for 50 detainees by the Terrorism Court, according to footage leaked by prisoners on Monday. For...

(Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country. A convoy of armored vehicles from Iraq’s elite...