On Sunday, President Bashar Al Assad fled Damascus and rebels took control of the capital, with videos emerging of rebel soldiers and others entering the Syrian presidential palace in Al Maliki ...

Maliki's response: Back off. In a trip to Syria this week the Iraqi prime minister scolded his American friends for daring to challenge the will of the Iraqi people who installed him and dismissed ...

Several powerful pro-Iran Iraqi politicians have in recent days voiced opposition to a potential visit by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Iraq for the upcoming Arab League summit.

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN)-- Turkey's top diplomat is shuttling between Baghdad and Damascus Monday, in an effort patch up differences between its two neighbors, Syria and Iraq. "Our foreign minister ...

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