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MALIKIYA, Syria (AP) — In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop. While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries struggle to aid the starving members of...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ridiculed at first, the new power which has seized a third of Iraq and triggered the first American air strikes since the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011 – has carved itself a powerful and possibly lasting presence in the Middle East. The...

Obama’s new Iraq war began modestly. By the end of his press conference on Saturday, though, it got a bit bigger. President Barack Obama’s war in Iraq just got more ambitious.  Speaking to reporters before departing for a two week vacation with his family on Martha’s...