All that’s left now is waiting. After the pods were announced on Friday to worldwide fanfare, FIFA unveiled the times and locations for each of the games of the 2026 World Cup, which is being played ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday said Ankara places “great importance” on its relationship with Baghdad and ...

The PKK has demanded the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison as a precursor to peace talks—but doing so would lead to a national crisis in Turkey.

Follow live coverage as teams are drawn for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will take place in the United States, ...

A record number of teams from the Middle East and North Africa have qualified for the 23rd FIFA World Cup, which will take ...

Building on its success in Europe, South Korea is rapidly becoming a key arms supplier to the Middle East, with exports ...

"Most Iraqis regard elections as a foregone formality and the reigning order as irredeemably flawed," writes Nabil Salih ...

This vast, $800 million complex underscores the strategic importance of the US-Kurdish partnership amidst regional political ...

Iranian drones swept through the mountain air of northern Iraq's Kurdistan region in mid-July, homing in on their targets: ...

Turkey demanded an explanation from Iraqi Kurdish officials after former leader Masoud Barzani arrived in a mainly Kurdish ...

A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq’s mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.