Four alleged ISIS fighters dead amid shooting and explosions.

Ankara is now squeezed between the fight against IS in Syria and the fight against the PKK at home.

After years of steering clear of the fight, Syria’s Druze are now in danger of being drawn into the war’s horrors.

A Kurdish push in northeast Syria offers hope of linking up different Kurdish pockets into a unified territory.

Saudi Shi’a start to arm in wake of latest bombing, sowing division within the Kingdom.

The group, thought until recently to be overshadowed by ISIS, is back in the headlines.

Whether Kobani falls or stands, it has become a defining moment of nationhood and identity for Syrian and Turkish Kurds.

Both the Kurds and the Sunnis want to press Iraq’s parliament for better treatment. Can Baghdad afford prolonged negotiations while it continues to battle the ISIS threat?

The rescuers of the Yazidis weren’t just any Kurds—they were PKK, and their presence is making an impact on the conflict in northern Iraq.

The failure to anticipate Maliki’s coup is only the latest in a long line of US intelligence problems, which also include the failure to take ISIS’ true measure.