WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- The Iraqi security forces' seemingly inexorable push toward Mosul saw fighting begin in the city itself this week, but it is the work taking place in the...

ALEPPO, SYRIA, Omar Haj Kadour- Syrian rebels renewed their bid to break a government siege of eastern Aleppo on Thursday, shelling regime-held parts of the city hours before a brief Russian-declared...

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA- Almost half the population of the Middle East and North Africa would abstain if given the right to vote in next week's US presidential election, an opinion poll revealed...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose from obscurity to lead the world's most infamous and feared jihadist group, but shuns the spotlight and cultivates an aura of mystery. A...

DOUMA, SYRIA, Hasan Mohammed and Sameer Al-Doumy- Where you sleep. Whether your children go to school. When you can shop. The rhythm of bombardment dictates life in the besieged Syrian town of Douma,...

GOGJALI, IRAQ, Sarah Benhaida- More than a million civilians in Mosul were in grave danger and aid workers were "bracing for the worst", a relief group said Wednesday, after Iraqi forces reached the...

ALEPPO, SYRIA, Omar Haj Kadour with Tony Gamal-Gabriel in Beirut- Car bombs and rocket fire shook Aleppo Saturday as rebels battled to break a suffocating siege by the Syrian regime, accused by...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Ivan Couronne- On January 20, 2017, Barack Obama's successor will take the oath of office on the Capitol steps in Washington for a four-year term. As always, the first 100...

DIDYMOTEICHO, GREECE, Vassilis Kyriakoulis- "I want to go back to Syria. There is war in my country, but we've been living for seven months in Greece like prisoners." Adan, from Aleppo, has abandoned...