Iraq has approached the Iranian and US governments in a bid to prevent being caught up in the escalating conflict between ...

The seemingly disparate postures of recent days speak to the president’s complicated relationship with the military.

Hamas assault on Israel did not merely mark another round of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; rather, it ...

During his second government, between 2009 and 2013, he tried at least twice to launch attacks against Iran’s nuclear ...

Tarek Mehanna — who prosecutors say once vowed to wage armed jihad against Americans both here and abroad — has been working at the Muslim Community Center in ...

Iraq on Saturday reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, marking a key step in efforts ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel ...

Iraq and Syria reopened the main border crossing for travellers and goods on Saturday, Iraqi authorities announced. The move ...

Unexploded ordnance poses an elevated risk in the wake of the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as displaced Syrians return home.

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After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians reckon with the devastating human toll of the war from hundreds of thousands killed to thousands still missing. A look at the figures that underscore the ...