ZUWARA, Libya: Pakistani teenager Shefaz Hamza spent nine hours at sea clinging to the wreckage of a migrant boat that sank off Libya. By the time the coast...
TRIPOLI: The United Nations and European states on Sunday welcomed a U.N. peace deal initialed by some Libyan factions but not by the opposition as a step...
TRIPOLI: The cheers of football fans have replaced the echoes of gunfire in Tripoli this Ramadan in a charity-organized tournament aimed at giving Libyans a...
TRIPOLI: Sitting in his workshop among the winding streets of Tripoli’s Old City, Abdulwahab al-Saudi bangs away at a piece of copper. After nearly two hours,...
BEIRUT: Danny Jano, an Assyrian Christian, fled with his family in their pajamas when they heard that ISIS jihadis were approaching their home in northeast...
BEIRUT: ISIS have abducted 220 Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria in recent days, an activist group said Thursday, as international concern grows for...
BEIRUT: A 21-year-old Syrian was declared the winner of this year’s “Arab Idol” at the grand finale of the gruelling four-month singing...
BEIRUT: The army has shrunk by nearly half since Syria’s conflict erupted in 2011 but experts say the remaining military force is now both more flexible...
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters in the battleground Syrian town of Kobani weathered an onslaught by ISIS militants Tuesday as they waited for promised...
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: U.S.-led warplanes pummelled jihadists in Syria Friday as local forces fought ISIS on the ground in neighbouring Iraq, which the U.S....
BAGHDAD: Iraq said Sunday it had "regained the initiative" against militants who seized vast swathes of territory, as former UN mediator Lakhdar...
BAGHDAD: Shiite Iran offered Saturday to consider working with longtime foe the United States if it takes the lead in helping push back Sunni Arab militants,...
BAGHDAD: US President Barack Obama said Friday he is examining options short of sending troops to help Iraq counter a Sunni militant onslaught, as a leading...
BAGHDAD: Nouri al-Maliki is bidding for a third term as Iraqi premier Wednesday without any obvious challenger, in marked contrast to the 2010 election when...
BAGHDAD: Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq's first parliamentary...
BAGHDAD: When Iraqis go to the polls in Wednesday’s general election, regional strife could make neighboring Iran, along with former occupier the U.S.,...
BAGHDAD: Mowaffak al-Rubaie sits in his office with a statue of Saddam Hussein behind him, the rope used to hang the dictator around its neck, recalling his...
KAWERGOSK, Iraq: Shaqlawa Mohammad Rashid sits at the entrance of a white tent in a refugee camp in northern Iraq, reflecting on what will be her first Eid...
ARBIL, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan is prepared to strike militants anywhere, including neighbouring Syria, but the Kurds must avoid being drawn into its civil war,...
CAIRO: For the Egyptian musician Hind and her group, the nighttime curfew in Cairo has turned into an opportunity to jam until the sun comes up.When the...
MALLAWI, Egypt: Magdy Tahami looks in disbelief at what remains of Egypt’s tiny Mallawi museum.The ground is littered with glass from the display cabinets,...
CAIRO: Egypt’s media, both public and private, have lined up behind the government in portraying its fight against the Muslim Brotherhood as a...
BAGHDAD: A “war on mosques” – deadly attacks by militants on Sunni mosques and Shiite places of worship called husseiniyas – using...
BAGHDAD: Iraq has suspended the licenses of 10 satellite TV channels for promoting “sectarianism,” the country’s media regulator said...
BAGHDAD: Yasmine wants a future free of violence and fear, but like many young Iraqis, 10 years of bloodshed have made her doubt she can find such a future in...