Pierre Zalloua, a Lebanese-born population geneticist with a flair for (gently) stirring the pot, takes the reader on an ...

The earliest were in the Levant ... people’s daily activities. Practicality also played a part. Without reliable lighting, meals had to be prepared and eaten before dark. In settled parts of ...

In return the Houthis impose a brutal dictatorship over the twenty million people of northern Yemen. The Houthis see frequent ... Now there is Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ISIL and an invading ...

More than just a geographical entity, the Levant embodies layers of history, culture, and identity. 1. The 909-km Iran-Pakistan border, known as the Goldsmith Line, stretches from a tripoint with ...

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian ...

The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams along with the FBI ...