Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

Private consultant Jonathan Franks said that additional Americans he represents are expected to be released by Kuwait later.

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended my article last December with the following paragraph: “The new government must represent all Syrians, ...

The release follows a recent visit to the region by Adam Boehler, the Trump Administration's top hostage envoy.

Since the American-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, a series of government investigations, of which the British-sanctioned Chilcot report is the latest, have highlighted the role that ...

Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be ...

Learn how Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for almost 30 years. To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal ...