Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

In raiding the Educational Bookshop, police targeted a high-profile location known to visitors from across the globe. It is a common stop on the itineraries of American Jewish groups visiting east ...

The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of sustained efforts to dismantle its operations, UN counter-terrorism officials warned during a ...

Today, he is the head of the monastery, which is located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. As well as Fr. Petzold--now an ordained priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church--the ...

Even if Jordan and Egypt somehow agreed to a US take over Gaza, who would physically remove 2.5 million Palestinians? Trump's ...

Violence at the Lebanon-Syria border between Lebanese clans and Syrian security forces escalated last week as the government ...

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization.

Gunmen have attacked a convoy of vehicles escorted by Mali's army, killing 25 civilians mostly gold miners, a military ...

Iran emerged from its eight-year war with Iraq (1980-1988) battered: its economy in shambles, no allies to count on, a ...

Reactions to the visit were mixed, ranging from cautious optimism to skepticism about the evolving relationship between the ...