The alternative scenario of escalation and military confrontation would lead to catastrophe, destroying any chance of global peace and security for decades to come ...

Region notorious for 1988 chemical weapons attack becomes latest Iraqi province after being separated from Sulaymaniyah ...

Sitting between her husband and infant son, a woman weeps over their lifeless bodies. "May God make it easy on you. May God be kind to you, the father of my children... the soul of my heart," she wept ...