Much like Iraq in early 2003 , the predominant images coming out of Syria in late 2024 were of jubilant crowds toppling ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

By bnm Gulf bureau When Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani sat down with King Charles III in London on January 14, ...

Iraq is trying to avoid becoming ... That invasion toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein but unleashed years of sectarian bloodletting and war and then the rise of Islamic State, which massacred ...

For years Middle Eastern countries have accused the US of double-talk over Iraq. They are bitterly critical that the American government helped arm Saddam during the 1980s in a war against Iran ...

In pictures: Israel strikes hundreds of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

Iraq was in debt to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which had financed its war efforts. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein insisted both countries cancel that debt, because he felt they owed him ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Russia's elites are growing tired of waiting for the war to end and are concerned about the long-term impact of Western sanctions on Russia's ...

The man entered the church's upper nave and headed directly to the statue and its crown, according to church archivist Anne Kirkwood, as reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Church staff ...

Archaeologists are painstakingly putting together artefacts at Nimrud shattered by Islamic State jihadists, undaunted by the ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk ...

Thousands attend the concert in Damascus to mark the end of al-Assad family rule and almost 14 years of civil war. Brunner hid in Damascus for decades and is said to have taught torture tactics to ...