Middle East

ISIS families at al-Hol camp, Hasaka, Syria, 2019. Photo: Creative Commons/VOA/via Wikimedia DAMASCUS,— Syrian authorities have closed the Al-Hol camp,...

Islamic State militants, Iraq, 2014. Photo: ISIS propaganda video/media DAMASCUS,— The Islamic State IS/ISIS group on Saturday urged its members...

The leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, Julis, in northern Israel, March 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters...

Illustrative Photo: iKurd.net/ai Arab Republics? A Modern Identity Hoax If a country’s name includes ‘Arab,’ it signals that it is...

Syrian government frees all Islamic State (ISIS) families from Al-Hol camp in Hasaka, northern Syria, February 17, 2026. Photo: X...

From right: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, General Mazloum Abdi, Elham Ahmed, Senator Peter Welch, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Munich, Germany,...

An Israeli settlement near Bethlehem in the West Bank, Israel, February 16, 2026. Photo: Reuters JERUSALEM,— Israel’s cabinet approved new...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with General Mazloum Abdi, Syrian Kurdish leader and commander-in-chief of Syrian Democratic...

U.S. military vehicles escort buses transporting Islamic State ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq, according to a security source from...

Ali Qaradaghi, Iraqi Kurdish Sunni Muslim scholar who in January 2024, was elected President of the International Union of Muslim...