The American and Iranian leaders are complete enigmas to each other—and the asymmetry in their beliefs is driving the crisis between their countries.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece — a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of craft and devotion to complete.

A recent government offensive has weakened the Kurdish-led forces that guard the camps near the border with Iraq.

Transfers of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq by the U.S. military have slowed this week, seven sources familiar ...

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ISIS reportedly grows to 10,000 fighters as U.S. transfers detainees from Syria to Iraq amid Kurdish security collapse and ...

The Syrian government’s military offensive against SDF-held areas in northeast Syria has sharpened fears over the renewed ...

At a litter-strewn market square just inside the entrance of al-Roj detention camp, Shamima Begum shops for groceries.

Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warn of dire threats to Syrian Kurds as Syrian forces attack ...

The U.S. move came as Syrian government forces have captured wide areas that had been controlled by the SDF for years in an ...

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian ...