ZELIKAN CAMP, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iraqi grandfather Majid* says he and his family “lived for two years in hell” after their village in the north of the country fell under the control of ...

QAMISHLI/DAMASCUS, Syria, May 27 (UNHCR) – Some of the more than 4,000 Iraqi refugees who escaped ISIL-held Mosul and surrounding areas and reached Syria in the past month have described the perilous ...

The runway of Mosul International Airport in northern Iraq before its reinauguration early on July 16, 2025 [Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP] Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the ...

On Sunday night, more than 8,000 books and manuscripts were destroyed after ISIS militants bombed Mosul’s Central Library, The Fiscal Times reported. Ghanim al-Ta’an, the director of the library, said ...

The reconstruction project in Mosul could serve as a model for restoring other cultural sites in war-torn areas -- including neighboring Syria, which is starting to emerge from nearly 14 years of ...

Mosul, Iraq -- In the narrow alleyways of Old Mosul, where church bells once intertwined with voices and hymns of worshippers, the Christian presence today teeters on the brink of disappearance.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra, where Islamic State militants appeared on the verge of collapse Thursday, while in Iraq, a military spokesman ...

Iraqi security forces recently liberated Mosul, Iraq, from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. U.S. and Iraqi defense officials have said the loss of Mosul is a decisive blow to ISIS and the ...

Context is everything : identifying identity in the art of the Syrian Orthodox -- The Syrian Orthodox in their historical and artistic settings -- Metalwork : the liturgical fan from Deir al-Surian -- ...

From the unverified video of a member of ISIS desecrating the alleged tombs of the prophet Jonah (GIF Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) The latest bout of destruction by ISIS has raised concerns that the ...