Iraq forces launch battle to liberate Mosul from IS
Iraqi forces gather at the Qayyarah military base, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) south of Mosul, on October 16, 2016 Iraqi forces have launched a...
Syrian rebels seize ‘doomsday’ village where Islamic State promised final battle
Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State on Sunday, forcing the jihadist group from a stronghold where it had...
‘A famine unlike any we have ever seen’
As Nigeria battles Islamist terrorists, millions are at risk of starvation. BANKI, Nigeria — They survived Boko Haram. Now many of them are on the...
Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan Bury the Hatchet in an Istanbul Meeting
The leaders are on different sides in Syria's civil war but share an interest in getting past the 2015 shoot-down crisis. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...
Kerry Opens a New Diplomatic Push for a Cease-Fire in Aleppo
Secretary of State John Kerry will mount a fresh effort on Saturday to pursue a cease-fire for the besieged city of Aleppo by meeting...
U.S. Ship Fires Missiles at Yemeni Rebel Sites
WASHINGTON — An American warship stationed off the coast of Yemen fired cruise missiles on Thursday at radar installations that the Pentagon said had...
Are Libyans abandoning democracy in search of stability?
It has been nearly five years since Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed by Libyan rebels near his hometown of Sirte...
Is Russia pulling Turkey away from the West?
A bi-national meeting was held in Moscow Oct. 2, bringing together Ahmet Tunc — an adviser of Melih Gokcek, the mayor of Ankara and a...
How Peres’ funeral highlighted rift among Israeli Arabs
The decision by Knesset members of the Joint List of predominantly Arab parties to boycott the funeral of former President Shimon Peres on Sept....
Rare agreement between Saudi and Iranian Islamic scholars: soccer poses a threat
Sunni scholars in Saudi Arabia and their Shiite counterparts in Iran may be at war over who is a Muslim, but there is one...
Amid Syrian chaos, Iran’s game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean
Not far from Mosul, a large military force is finalising plans for an advance that has been more than three decades in the making....
A Roar at a Funeral, and Yemen’s War Is Altered
SANA, Yemen — Large speakers played verses from the Quran as hundreds of mourners filed through the fanciest reception hall in Sana, the capital,...