BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Defense Minister Thabet Mohammed al-Abbasi said Tuesday that the country's armed forces are fully prepared to defend Iraq's borders, citing concerns about potential ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces withdrew abruptly from the sprawling Al Hol camp, according to Syrian and Kurdish officials, ...

Years of civil war have turned whole areas of the city into rows of empty husks. But after the fall of Assad, Syrians have returned to their old homes determined to rebuild ...

Iraqis' memories are still vivid of when thousands of extremists crossed from Syria after the 2003 US-led invasion, which was ...

Katiravan Subrayan's ongoing ride around the world leads him to Baghdad, where he encounters checkpoints, desert roads, culture and friendship.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that it asked for help from a U.S. coalition base but that it "did not ...

Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region ...

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where ...

On Saturday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said the Iraqi army has taken full control of Ayn al-Asad Airbase, the country's second-largest military airbase, in the western province of Anbar following the ...

American forces left the base in western Iraq on Saturday, after using the installation for years as part of anti-ISIS ...

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

The Iraqi military has taken over the Ain al-Asad Airbase in western Anbar province after U.S.-led coalition forces withdrew, ...