The Kremlin is using Rybar, a Kremlin-aligned Telegram channel, to increase its influence and promote its interests in the region. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Insurgents executed 20 members of Iraq's security forces who were seized last week, according to a claim posted on the Internet on Tuesday. The Islamic State of Iraq -- an ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday ordered his security forces to stop raids on suspected Shiite militia members to "give time to those who are repentant" to lay ...