After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was set to declare victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday as only a few dozen militants put up resistance in the city that was the capital of their ...

A worrying decline in aid for education With every dollar invested in education generating GDP growth of 15 to 20 dollars, education is one of the best investments a country can make. According to ...

Amid economic crisis and Abbas's aging leadership, the Palestinian Authority faces instability and potential succession ...

The attack during Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in Damascus on June 22 killed at least 25, wounded 63 ...

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Politicians and the public are convinced that spending more money on weaponry automatically raises an army’s effectiveness on the battlefield ...

Weeks ago, the former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller — during the Biden administration, the very face of the ...

The World Bank has approved over $1 billion dollars for infrastructure and reconstruction projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved ...

On the west bank of the Tigris, less than a mile downriver from the town of Sherqat in northern Iraq, a wedge-shaped rocky outcrop presses the blue ribbon of the Tigris into a sharp southward bend ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Beer Sheva, Israel, June 19, 2025.(Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via Reuters) ...