Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed ...
On November 19, the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled near Maadan, Syria. While the two factions ...
After a U.S. occupation, years of sectarian violence and a jihadist insurgency, Iraq has become an improbable haven of calm ...
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The World’s Been Too Rough With Israel

Israeli military operations deserve scrutiny, but media coverage has more often than not treated the Jewish state unfairly.
A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people ...
Newsweek presents the full transcript of an exclusive interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
Why the election in Iraq is so important and what is at stake - Iraqis are at the polls for a crucial, historical ...
A Syrian official said Tuesday that his country joined the global coalition against the Islamic State during President Ahmad ...
The Allied Democratic Forces, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in 2019, operates along the border with ...
Iraqis head to the polls Nov. 11 to elect 329 parliament members for a four-year term, marking the seventh free election since Saddam Hussein’s 2003 fall. Candidates are treading carefully, pledging ...
Nigeria has suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in ...
Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero ...