"How does he know what's going on? He was there for two weeks and he's an expert in USAID? Give me a break," said former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional instability. But how are the conflicts in the Levant rooted in its history of ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the Al-Hadbaa Minaret and key churches, after ...

That has irked Turkey, which supported the rebels now controlling Syria. Turkey considers the SDF to be an offshoot of the ...

Multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi, a one-time hip-hop performer, has been selected to represent the country at the Venice ...

Sharaa, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is the leader of the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham, the rebel group ...

We echo the sentiments expressed in the IFCN’s open statement: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later. It is critical to acknowledge the vital role that ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...