DUBAI: A boat-shaped hulk of steel and glass at the foot of the world’s tallest tower, Dubai’s new opera house is set to boost the emirate’s cultural life....
DUBAI: “Daddy, where are you now? In Turkey or Sweden?” a Syrian girl asks her father in her first voice message to him since he joined hundreds of thousands...
BAGHDAD: As Iraq attempts to curb rampant corruption and streamline the government, the country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is...
BAGHDAD: Top Iraqi officials ignored ample warnings of an impending attack on the second city of Mosul and grossly mismanaged the ensuing crisis that saw...
BAGHDAD: They were always seen as the key to defeating the jihadis in their bastions but the fall of Ramadi has deepened the distrust that Iraq’s Sunni tribes...
BEIRUT: Extremists from ISIS closed in on Syria's ancient metropolis of Palmyra Friday, hours before seizing a government headquarters in the strategic...
BAGHDAD: Millions of Shiite worshippers prayed Thursday in Baghdad at the climax of a violence-marred pilgrimage that highlighted the persistent threat of...
BAGHDAD: Dozens of Iraqis crowding a Baghdad street fought to glimpse the red-haired man in a glass coffin, hoping to witness the end of a long-feared member...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities are on the defensive after ISIS scored a major propaganda victory with attacks in Anbar, undermining confidence in Baghdad’s...
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government has announced that its next battle against ISIS is retaking Anbar province, but analysts say entrenched jihadis and limited...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s national museum officially reopened Saturday after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted...
BAGHDAD: Yaasub Ali stands inside his shop in Baghdad’s Shorjah market surrounded by nearly empty shelves cleared of decorations by Iraqis seeking holiday...
BAGHDAD: Iraq boosted security Monday amid fears of ISIS launching major attacks on Shiite pilgrims flocking to the shrine city of Karbala as further reports...
BAGHDAD: Iraq stepped up security amid fears of ISIS launching major attacks as thousands of Shiites flocked Monday to the shrine city of Karbala for an...
BAGHDAD: Hundreds of thousands of Shiites will flock to Iraq’s Karbala this week under threat from jihadists who consider them heretics and now hold large...
BEIRUT: Syria’s civil war has ravaged the country’s economy, causing damage that could take years to repair, and people have been forced to focus on finding...
GENEVA: Syria's government and opposition sat down Tuesday for their first face-to-face talks this month, on the second day of a new round of rocky peace...
BEIRUT: There is little food or hope left in Syria’s besieged Old City of Homs. But an elderly Dutch priest has remained there in solidarity with the Syrians...
BEIRUT: A U.S.-Russian deal aimed at eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons may be a breakthrough, but it does not pave the way to solving the brutal...