Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

They are looking to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

The new Syrian regime can only be trusted if it concedes meaningful decentralization to the country’s minority groups.

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year ...