Iraqi officials gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday about whether or not Baghdad had agreed to buy $195 million worth of arms and ammunition from Iran as reported by Reuters, a deal that if confirmed could damage Iraqi-U.S. relations. The Defence Ministry denied any such...

Syrians are about to replace Afghans as the world's largest refugee population, fleeing a conflict where barrel bombs leave bodies in pieces and a generation of children are physically and emotionally scarred, top U.N. officials said on Tuesday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told...

Iraqi Shiite activists, loyal to Bashar al-Assad, have mourned top commander of Thu al-Faqqar militia who was killed in Syria recently. Haidar Jebouri, dubbed “Abu Shahd” reportedly has been killed in Daraa province by Syrian rebels, activists of the embattled city of...