(Reuters) - Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached by telephone in the city of Tal Afar said it...

By Abdullah Raja; Translation by Dani Murad In an exclusive interview with Zaman Alwasl , the Defense Minister for Syria's interim government, Asaad Mustafa, said that his days as a defense minister was no doubt the most difficult part of his life, pointing out that he resigned...

BEIRUT: One of the few remaining hospitals in rebel-held Aleppo will be forced to close its doors at the end of the month, after a major international NGO unexpectedly withdrew funding for the facility, leaving half a million people with access to only rudimentary field...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The advance of Sunni militants in Iraq leaves Turkey facing a widening Islamist insurgency in two of its southern neighbors, endangering domestic security, threatening important trade routes and forcing it again to rethink Middle Eastern policies....