Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

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 until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017. Nearly eight ...

Ukraine is home to roughly 5% of the world’s mineral resources, with rich deposits of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and ...

In Water on the Moon, Frederick M. “Skip” Burkle, Jr., MD recounts his life from childhood up to 2024, when he was 83. Having been drafted during the ...

Sadegh Adham shares how his childhood experiences during the Iran-Iraq war shaped his art, exploring themes of imperfection, identity, and bridging cultural history with global audiences.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

This kind of whiplash foreign policy isn’t new,” one historian said. “Many presidents have changed course on foreign policy — sometimes dramatically.” ...

ICE agents detained an Iraq war veteran outside his Laveen neighborhood. His wife said his treatment is a product of "unjust ...

A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the Al-Hadbaa Minaret and key churches, after ...

More than a dozen veterans and their family members showed up at a Thursday hearing of the Rhode Island House Committee on ...

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

That has irked Turkey, which supported the rebels now controlling Syria. Turkey considers the SDF to be an offshoot of the ...