Several women who followed husbands to Syria and Iraq are stuck limbo, often with young children... ..…

This is unsurprising considering that the heart of the Muslim world—including all of North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey—was Christian centuries before the scimitar of Islam came. . ..…

Strategically speaking, Kurdish state that encompasses Kurdistan Regional Government Iraq, combined with Syria currently controlled by Syrian Kurds, would offer barrier against Iranian expansionism, and its vision of Shiite Crescent.  ..…

During 2015, ISIS did indeed lose vast areas that it had controlled, mainly in Iraq but also in Syria. ... He notes that despite the difficulties, ISIS is coping successfully in the fighting in Syria and Iraq. ..…

Al-Baghdadi named the new, expanded organization Islamic State Iraq and Levant moved to Syria's Aleppo governorate to take charge. . ..…

Turkey also launched an airstrike overnight Monday on a crossing point between Iraq and Syria to stop Kurdish troops resupplying (right). ... On September 23, 2014, the US and Arab allies launch air strikes in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) group, expanding a campaign..…

For decades, Kurdish nationalist movement leaders have sought alliances with imperialist powers and local capitalist regimes in attaining national and cultural rights across Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. . ..…

Fourth, the presence of people from the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the ranks of ISIS militants Iraq and Syria. ... Iran's efforts and assistance to regional countries have helped in the violence and bloodshed of ISIS terrorist group in various parts of the..…

The reality is that Washington cannot back Kurdish ambitions for homeland without antagonizing almost all other factions in the region and further destabilizing Iraq, Syria, and NATO ally Turkey. ... Turkish leaders regard Kurdish enclaves in both Syria and Iraq..…