Turkish land troops are expected to enter east of the Euphrates River very soon, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. "I hope no one will try to test Turkey's determination to clear its Syrian ...

Mount Nemrut and the Euphrates: history shaped by stone and water In Türkiye’s southeast, monumental archaeology meets living tradition. From the summit of Mount Nemrut to the banks of the Euphrates, ...

The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is showing himself to be a skilful battlefield strategist making gains in Iraq as the allied bombing campaign shifts to the defence of Kobane Abu Bakr Al ...

We need to first look at why and how Ankara decided to carry out Operation Euphrates Shield through its own military capabilities. In order to answer this question, we must first refer to Turkey’s ...

The future stability of the young and relatively weak Iraqi government rests on its ability to provide basic public goods--water, food, and electricity--to its populace, which is related directly to ...

The Euphrates turtle or Mesopotamian softshell turtle is a species of soft-shelled turtle in the family of Trionychidae. It lives in the Euphrates -Tigris rivers basin in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria ...

In the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar, the cities of Barwana, Haqlaniya, and Haditha are collectively known as the Triad. Over the summer, before the joint U.S. military and Iraqi forces ...

TOPSHOT - A convoy of US forces armoured vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN ...

A major U.S.-backed offensive to oust ISIS from its capital of Raqqa, Syria has begun, it was announced early Sunday. The Kurdish-dominated Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition told a news ...

Iraq's Euphrates river is running at historically low levels as the drought-stricken country faces its worst water scarcity in living memory. Its 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic ...