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7 Kurds return to Iraq from Libya after failed bid for Europe
Seven people from the Kurdistan Region who unsuccessfully tried to reach European shores through Libya will arrive in Baghdad ...
The world's most heinous crime
Each one tried to focus the world's attention on the world's most heinous crime: genocide. Each time, they were shunned, ...
Middle East Eye4h
How Iraq’s Islamic State captives became a lucrative ransom trade
The extortion network that flourished under IS evolved and adapted to new power structures and corrupt systems ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel5h
Türkiye–Kurdish Peace Talks: Reasons, Objectives, and Obstacles
A primary reason for initiating peace talks in Türkiye is the shifting geopolitical landscape in the Middle East following ...
LBCI Lebanon5h
Remaining USAID staff fired, Trump says Myanmar will still get earthquake aid
President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the U.S. Agency for ...
Erdogan’s latest gambit: Why he imprisoned his political opponent, is cracking down on protesters
Turkey has jailed the main political challenger to the country’s authoritarian President. The collapse of the Assad regime in ...
Talks on restarting Iraqi Kurdish oil exports hit snag, two sources say
Talks to restart Kurdish oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have hit a snag as a lack of clarity over payments and ...
The National on MSN20h
'Caught between two fires': How Hassan Blasim's four-year odyssey from Iraq to Finland haunts his new book
When Helsinki-based writer Hassan Blasim follows the heated debated around migration, he is reminded of a journey he would ...
The Christian Science Monitor21h
In Syria’s terrorized Alawite region, competing narratives, mutual suspicions
Syria’s Alawite minority consider March 7 the start of a genocidal campaign. In the eyes of the Sunni majority, it marked ...