As the Syrian revolution enters its third year, the risks to regional stability are escalating. Violence has spilled over all of Syria's borders. The conflict has elevated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, threatening the 1990 Taif settlement that ended 1...

France's oil major Total has acquired an 80% stake in an exploration block in Iraq's Kurdistan, in a move that reinforces the company's position in the semi-autonomous region where crude reserves are plentiful, Reuters has reported. Acc...

United Nations refugee agency . More than 45.2 million people were displaced in 2012, almost three million more than in the previous year. War in five countries - Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Sudan - was the reason 55 per cent of those displac...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990. Desp...

#SNN | #Syria Breaking News | Damascus | June 19, 2013 Regime forces have mobilized and sealed off Baghdad, King Faisal and Athawra streets following the attacks launched by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on checkpoints in the area.

In other news Tuesday, leaders at the G-8 conference pushed for Syrian peace talks. Russian President Putin defended his government's military aid to Assad, and warned Europe against helping the rebels. Also, suicide bombers killed at least 34 people i...

Cameron insists he had "learnt the lessons of Iraq" as world leaders at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland set out a blueprint for the future of Syria.    

ISTANBUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Local authorities have given an unnamed Turkish company licenses to explore for oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a report, a move that could anger the central government in Baghdad already worried about the region's gr...