AL-QAIM, Iraq — A border crossing on a vital highway linking the capitals of Iraq and Syria, seized by Daesh (the so-called IS) militants in 2014, re-opened on Monday, a reporter said.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syria is ramping up efforts to revitalize its port infrastructure and border operations, securing ...

Iraqi counter-narcotics forces seized more than 1.35 million Captagon pills during a raid in Syria's capital, in a rare and significant cross-border operation, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said on ...

The directly visible indicator of the devastation was the collapse of the local currency (from 47 Syrian pounds per US dollar in 2010 to 14,800 by the end of 2024), as growing budget deficits were ...