BAGHDAD: In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammad Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq’s National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm...
BAGHDAD: At the heart of a Baghdad flea market, nostalgia for Iraq’s royal past is on full display as collectors and investors gather to buy relics from a...
BAGHDAD: Supporters of a black-turbaned Shiite religious scholar are seeing red in the runup to Iraq’s May elections thanks to an unprecedented alliance...
BAGHDAD: The mayor of Baghdad wants to revive her war-torn city, reconstruct its decrepit infrastructure and twin it with Paris – another female-led...
BAGHDAD: Every Friday in Iraq, a gripping show on state television beams the alleged confessions of death row militants into homes around the country. At peak...
BAGHDAD: The speed with which Iraqi troops this week overwhelmed Kurdish forces in oil-rich Kirkuk, days after ousting Daesh (ISIS), marks a radical change in...
MOSUL, Iraq: After three years of forced truancy due to Daesh’s (ISIS) seizure of the Iraqi city of Mosul, teenager Ali Salim waited nervously outside school...
BEIRUT: Syria’s regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a 6-year-old war that has ravaged suburbs...
BEIRUT: With hostilities subsiding on Syria’s western battlefronts, President Bashar Assad’s army is seeking to head off U.S.-backed forces...
HAMA, Syria: “Welcome to Idlib province!” the Syrian governor proclaims, seated in a converted classroom in Hama city some 90 kilometers from his real office,...
ALEPPO: When the army recaptured Aleppo in December, Mohammad Baqdul left Beirut and returned with his family to his native city, convinced the end of Syria’s...
BEIRUT: Worried over Turkish advances in Syria’s north, the Damascus regime has formed an alliance of convenience with the country’s Kurds to prevent their...
Daesh (ISIS) is under growing pressure on several fronts in Syria as rival forces battle to wrest territory from the militants, who are excluded from a...
HOMS, Syria: Devastated by 20 months of combat between regime forces and rebel fighters, the haunting ruins of the Old City of Homs serve as inspiration for...
DAMASCUS: Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet has played into the hands of Syrian President Bashar Assad by bringing Moscow on board with his bitter...
DAMASCUS: When customers ask which of the backpacks displayed in Damascus’ Souk al-Khija market is the sturdiest, shopkeeper Walid knows they are planning to...
BEIRUT: Syrian opposition figures head to Moscow this week although they are unlikely to welcome Russia’s plan for a new anti-militant coalition that would...
BEIRUT: Syrian troops and Kurdish fighters ousted ISIS from Hassakeh on Tuesday, more than a month after the jihadists attacked the northeastern city,...
BEIRUT / BAGHDAD: Wearing a white headscarf and a traditional black cloak, the Iraqi tribal sheikh addressed his peers: “We’re all in the same boat, the...
BEIRUT: Weakened by years of war, Syria’s government appears ready for the country’s de facto partition, defending strategically important areas and leaving...
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BEIRUT: Stung by recent losses, the Syrian regime is making a concerted push to reach besieged forces trapped in the rebel-held town of Jisr al-Shughur,...
BEIRUT: A group of Syrian opposition figures is seeking to form an alternative to the National Coalition body and open negotiations with President Bashar...
DAMASCUS: Syria’s government, presiding over an economy ravaged by war and facing dwindling foreign currency reserves, is taking new measures to slash imports...
DAMASCUS: Perched on a makeshift bench taking turns with a sniper rifle, the Syrian army’s top markswomen await their “prey” on the front...