Sources: BBC
The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in Syria's Badiya desert. 2024-07-4
Missiles are launched by the Israel Defense Forces towards Isfahan, Iran. Locations in Iraq and Syria are also attacked by Israel. 2024-04-19
Unidentified warplanes, suspected to be Israeli, strike a convoy of Iranian trucks that entered Syria from Iraq through the Al-Qa'im border crossing. At least six trucks are believed to have been destroyed. There are no immediate reports of casualties. 2023-01-29
American diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria are targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi airbase, wounding two American soldiers. 2021-07-8
President Trump signs an executive order limiting refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The order also prioritizes the vetting of Christian refugees of the Syrian Civil War. 2017-01-27
The United States military states that it has inadvertently killed 64 civilians in air strikes on targets in Syria and Iraq over the past year. 2016-11-9
The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to join operations against ISIL in Syria and Iraq. This is the first time they have been stationed in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. 2016-04-9
"Reuters" reports the Obama Administration will be opening new screening centers for Syrian refugees in Iraq and Lebanon to speed up the process for getting vetted individuals to the United States. 2015-11-6
The United Kingdom raises its terror threat level from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria. 2014-08-29
Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places. 2011-04-8