Ankara’s decades-long resistance to Kurdish autonomy is being tested as Syrian Democratic Forces seem to be insisting on ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is ...

Turkey has been rapidly expanding its military deployment in northern Iraq ever since the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK declared ceasefire early last month. Watch in for more details!

Iraq’s buffalo population has more than halved in a decade as the country's two main rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, suffer ...

The Forbidden Zone spans almost the entire length of the Iraqi border with Turkey and is up to 40km (25 miles) deep in places ...

Iraq’s strategy seeks energy independence while navigating U.S.-Iran tensions, sanctions risks, and internal corruption ...

Turkey on Sunday condoled with Iraq over a fire incident that killed at least 82 people and injured 110 others in Baghdad. We are saddened at the loss of lives due to an explosion and a consequent ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria during the week of March 21 marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Turkey started hastily organized mass trials on Friday to prosecute some of the hundreds of people who took part in the widespread demonstrations over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem ...

Prime Minister of Iraq H E Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani met Minister of Culture H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Thani, who is visiting Iraq. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation and ...