Illegal cigarette smuggling has become a significant contributor to funding terrorism and organized crime, both in the ...

Authorities and security experts noted the link between illicit cigarette smuggling and the funding of terrorism and ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a ...

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders. The latest effort to establish a peace process ...

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups ...

In a speech to the chamber, Aoun, 60, vowed to work to ensure the state has the exclusive right to carry arms, drawing loud applause as lawmakers from Hezbollah -- which runs its own military ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed by ...

Internally, Hezbollah interacts with Lebanese groups and manages the party's foreign contacts via its Liaison and Coordination Unit. Al Jazeera emphasized the persistent political rifts and the ...

Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan, deputies of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), met on December 28 with Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party ...