August 22nd marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day ...

While wars dominate headlines elsewhere in the region, Iraqis are battling a quieter but equally destabilising crisis. Climate change is drying rivers, upstream neighbours are cutting water flows, and ...

Tice had been detained in the middle of August in 2012 near Damascus, and was known for his efforts in covering Syria's civil ...

Geraldo Rivera thinks that President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize—even if he doesn’t actually deliver any ...

This proclivity still guides Iran under the gerontocracy of Khamenei and his inner circle. Fifth, the war with Iraq gave the ...

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Federal officials spent at least $170,000 bringing Canadian ISIS women home from Syria, according to internal government ...

Turkish FM hosts Syrian counterpart in Ankara; defence ministers sign military cooperation memorandum of understanding.

Syrian government’s calls for ‘one state, one army’ essential for establishing long-awaited peace, stability in region, say ...

Nadia Murad returns to Iraq to say goodbye to her brothers, Elias and Jalo who were killed nearly 11 years ago by ISIS.

The Taliban victory emboldened a range of armed factions in Pakistan, including religious extremists such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the local affiliate of the so-called Islamic State, ...

Billed as educational programming to teach Islamic values to schoolchildren — much like a “Sesame Street” or “Barney & ...