For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

Rukaya al-Zubaidi placed a cautious foot on a skateboard and then struggled to find her balance as others glided back and ...

Trump says the destruction in Gaza means “no one can live there.” But experts say  the enclave can be rebuilt without the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Testimony’s ambitious sister. That’s what the late South African Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu ...

Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday defended its authority, stating that the Iraqi constitution stipulates that its ...

President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it ...

The IS fighters were not deterred by UNESCO World Heritage status and destroyed ancient cities such as Hatra and Nineveh.

Following two years that saw little help from Washington, there is now a 'refreshing change in tone,' her sister, Emma, tells ...

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

Here’s what truly fresh thinking would look like instead.

It is perplexing to hear the vice president champion faith-based aid initiatives while, at the same time, funds for efforts ...