paramilitary police and special forces brings anti-Isis forces up to a fighting strength of more than 40,000. The involvement of Shi’ite militias has raised concerns that the battle for Sunni-majority ...

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in ...

Eighty percent of Mosul's old city was destroyed in the fight against IS, and more than 12,000 tons of rubble was removed for the UNESCO restoration project, which also included Al-Tahira and Our ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as it rebuilds after ...

Congo’s largest church organizations met Wednesday with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east in the latest push for peace and dialogue after weekslong fighting that saw the rebels seize the ...

Eight years after the Iraqi city was left in ruins, Mosul’s rich multicultural heritage is slowly but surely beginning to flower again ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Thursday took off to the Czech Republic on an ...

There are lessons for the U.S. in the extensive use of drones in the Ukraine war and Ukraine's impressive drone innovation.

For better or worse, most of us are familiar by now with US President Donald Trump’s negotiating style. He likes to start ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque ... both Islamic State and Kurdish militants in the region. Turkey says joint fight needed against Kurdish militants, Islamic State in the region Middle Eastcategory ...