International community urged to take immediate action as UN's estimated death toll since protests began exceeds 3000. Al Jazeera Jane Arraf reports from Amman in...
The Arab League has given Syria three days to end its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters and implement an Arab peace deal or face suspension...
A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses Iraq's government of abusing protesters and harassing journalists. The report says torture continued even as the US...
Kurdish control of oil resources in Iraqi Kurdistan is fuelling talk of independence for the semi-autonomous region. The Kurds are increasingly looking to Iran and...