US downsizing in Iraq sparks fear from Kurdish minority
Kurdish minorities are sounding the alarm over an expected U.S. downsizing from Iraq by 2026, worried they will be left vulnerable to extremist attacks that have frequently targeted the ...
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James Stavridis: What a full-scale war in Middle East would actually look like, and how the West could be drawn in to conflict
We are at a dangerous precipice in the Middle East. Even before Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah, and Iran’s vast ballistic-missile retaliation, I was constantly asked how likely it was that the ...
A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
(THE CONVERSATION) A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment ...
Syria, Russia Remain Silent on Reported Airstrikes Near a Russian Base in Syria
A weapons facility near a Russian air base in a coastal Syrian city was destroyed on Thursday, according to a monitoring ...
October 7: One year on in the Middle East
The Hamas terror attacks on Israel and the resulting war in Gaza have set off regional and domestic shifts in Saudi Arabia, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Yazidi woman captured by ISIS rescued in Gaza after more than a decade in captivity
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being ...
Matchmaking for the Islamic State: How widows of fallen IS fighters find new husbands online and flee detention
Thousands of foreign IS sympathizers are being held in Syrian camps. A Turkish journalist has uncovered how some women manage ...