The Syrian town of Mouadamiya is newly under siege by Syrian government forces, the United Nations said on Sunday, adding 45,000 to the number of people it says are cut off from humanitarian aid and medical help in Syria. The development comes as President Bashar al-Assad's...

Iraq has signed a $328 million deal with U.S. company General Electric that will boost power output during peak summer months, officials said Friday, although it falls far short of the country's needs. The deal will make only a small dent in the country's major summer production shortfall,...

Syrian opposition members met for a fourth day in the Saudi Arabian capital Friday but had still not announced whether they would join peace talks beginning the same day in Geneva. The Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) has said it will not attend the negotiations with the...

(Foreign Policy)- Its title is prosaic and its content dry, but the stark statistics in the U.N.’s annual summary of relief programs tell the story of Syria’s humanitarian nightmare. This is a country on life support: 13.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, Syrians...