The State Department, a conservative-connected shell company, and a key Kurdish crime family team up to siphon Syrian oil for U.S. investors.

A story of Iraqi politics, Pentagon oil contracts, and an ongoing foreign policy disaster

Amid a global oil collapse, the military is overpaying politically connected contractors to keep its jets fueled in Iraq.

Trump's withdrawal from Syria is consistent with his predecessors' treatment of the ethnic minority as a geopolitical pawn.

What does nationalism mean in a contested state?

Catalonia wants independence from Spain, but modern history is littered with cautionary tales about the dangers of partition.

Kurds are fleeing as Islamic State militants close in

Kurdish oil is sitting off the Texas coast right now—and a U.S. judge just ordered its seizure

An alleged oil deal is raising diplomatic tensions

An interview with Olivier Roy