This historic map shows that the tribes had taken Syrian ... and essentially created new borders for its autonomous region in Iraq. After ISIL took Kirkuk in the northeast, Kurd forces took ...

As the United States’ air war in Iraq moves into its second month, there are a lot of ways to crunch the data that has been released. One is to track what has been hit. Another, depicted above ...

It’s all part of a wider aim to establish an Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq and—eventually—farther away in Asia and Africa. Over the centuries, however, the region once known as the ...

The semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq has unilaterally signed two energy deals with US companies to develop natural gas ...

ISIL, also known as ISIS, no longer holds towns and cities, but its fighters still operate in the desert regions around the Iraq-Syria border. Iraq’s military has launched another offensive to ...

The major players in the Iraq and Syria crisis are often ... in the deepening crisis. Related Maps and Multimedia » Related Article Kurdish Region TURKEY AFGHANISTAN Kurdish Autonomous Region ...

Iraq's Kurdistan Region to Hold Delayed Parliamentary Election on Oct. 20 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq has set a new date to hold parliamentary ...