The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

Islamic State wives who escaped from a prison camp in Syria are receiving public donations to help them pay for rent, food and clothing.

As the US launches its long anticipated strikes against Iran, I find my thoughts turning to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Despite mass protests against it, the invasion was popular at the time (with 54 ...

The shooting happened during a mission by U.S. and Syrian forces in a historic central town near Palmyra on Saturday. President Trump and U.S. military officials attributed the attack to ISIS. On his ...

The Pope has accepted the resignation of the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq. Cardinal Louis Sako's retirement paves the way for a transition in one of Iraq's oldest Christian churches.

Shazad Ali posted hundreds of videos online in an attempt to promote the banned organisation.

A man who posted propaganda for the so-called Islamic State group on social media has been jailed for five years. Shazad Ali, 21, of Newport, south Wales, published hundreds of videos on Instagram and ...

In 1984, Iraq initiated the “tanker war” with Iran when its air force attacked oil tankers bound for Iranian ports. The tanker war continued for years, and eventually involved the US Navy when, on May ...

President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime talking himself out of tough spots. But in the war with Iran, his trusty technique of sowing confusion to postpone reckonings is beginning to fail.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani (center) meets with Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq Maher Salem al Tarawneh (left) on February 10. (Iraq Prime Minister’s Office) The fate of thousands of ...

The moves appear to highlight lingering doubts in Washington about the new Syrian government’s ability to ensure security. By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The military’s Central Command said ...