Mr Sharaa’s drive for integration is not unprecedented. Bosnia granted citizenship to hundreds of jihadists who fought for it in the 1990s. “Granting citizenship is not so new; the whole world does it,” says Obayda Amer Ghadban, another researcher of Syrian armed groups.

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump administration.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the armed groups in Syria should be merged into a single army and a single legitimate state body should have the authority to bear arms and use force.

The end of more than a decade of civil war in Syria and the fall of the regime of former president Bashar Al Assad have given archaeologists around the world renewed hope that the country’s cultural heritage can finally be protected and restored.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s ministry for migration and displaced on Friday said it is set to repatriate 150 families from al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava) that houses people with links to the Islamic State (ISIS).

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Sunday Baghdad was ready to coordinate with regional countries, especially Türkiye, to ensure the stability of Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Sudani received in Baghdad Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan for talks on regional and international developments and bilateral relations,

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left Kurds in the region facin

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, including the situation in Syria.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was in Baghdad on Sunday where he met top officials and called for a joint fight against the PKK and Daesh, two

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

Türkiye's ultimate expectation from Iraq, which declared the PKK terror group as a "banned organization," is to recognize it as a terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday.

The fortunes of the extreme and violent group known variously as ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State seem to have changed markedly during the past few months. This summer the group was commonly portrayed ...