Amnesty International on Friday urged Iraqi lawmakers to reject a controversial freedom of expression bill that is scheduled ...

Iraq has arrested the man accused of overseeing torture and executions at Nugra Salman prison during the genocidal Anfal ...

Iraq’s parliament is expected to vote Saturday on a controversial freedom of expression bill that imposes penalties for hate ...

The first meeting of Turkey’s newly formed parliamentary commission established to provide legal and political frameworks for ...

The United States is concerned that some groups remain outside of the control of Syria’s interim government, the Pentagon ...

A picturesque village that is a popular tourist attraction in western Iran is on the verge of being completely abandoned as its population migrates to cities in search of basic services like water and ...

Hundreds of bees have died from extreme heat this year in Erbil province, local beekeepers say, describing a loss unlike ...

Syria’s justice ministry on Thursday formed a judicial committee to investigate last month’s deadly violence in Suwayda ...

A 198-year-old mosque in Sulaimani has closed its doors to collective prayers as drought and a deepening water crisis leave ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday that his country wants Kurds to remain an ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) on Thursday called on the Turkish parliament to ensure that those members of the Kurdistan Workers’ ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish man from Kirkuk’s Topzawa village was sentenced to six months in prison earlier this week ...