The United States has granted Iraq a 45-day sanctions waiver enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity supplies, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday. The U.S. has applied stringent sanctions on Iran that punish any country trading with it. The issuance...

 Russia on Wednesday has killed four civilians in fresh airstrikes on northwestern Idlib province, topping the death toll to 50 in the past 48 hours, activists said. The heavy aerial bombing on last rebel stronghold came as Syrian regime forces pushed on with their offensive,...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said its troops opened fire on Wednesday at a checkpoint in northeast Syria after they came under small arms fire. The coalition said in a statement the situation was calmed down and the patrol returned to the base. Earlier, Syrian and...

In northeastern Syria, prisons and detention camps hold thousands of men, women and children whose lives are in limbo nearly a year after the final defeat of Islamic State to which they once belonged. The area around Qamishli city is mainly controlled by Kurdish fighters who helped defeat...