DALHAMIYA, Lebanon: Snowstorms and weeks of bad weather have turned the lush Bekaa Valley into an unlivable swamp for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees....
BAGHDAD: Mosul was the largest city in the “caliphate” proclaimed by Daesh (ISIS) and its loss is a huge blow to the militants’ statehood experiment – but not...
MOSUL, Iraq: The Ferris wheel has long stopped spinning but the screening center set up at its foot sees a constant stream of Iraqis fleeing the battle for...
BAGHDAD: Cash-strapped militants punching holes in people’s homes to move across west Mosul undetected are now asking victims to pay for the labor,...
IRBIL, Iraq: They were threatened, forced to spit on a crucifix or convert to Islam, but a handful of Iraqi Christians miraculously survived more than two...
BAGHDAD: When Ahmed Saadawi finished writing “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” a dark fantasy about the war that tore Iraq apart a decade ago, he thought...
AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq: When Iraqi officials and top brass visited this camp for the displaced south of militant-held Fallujah, distressed residents...
Daquq, Iraq: The translator rushed toward the rudimentary trailer housing the French volunteers who came to Iraq to fight against Daesh (ISIS) alongside...
BAGHDAD: Haneen, who has spent most of her life in orphanages, says she used to stay weeks locked up in herself, aimlessly eating, watching TV and sleeping...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces battled jihadis on several fronts Thursday and were poised to receive the help of 450 extra U.S. troops slated for deployment near...
BAGHDAD: Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmad is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi’s hopelessly hairless chin could land him in an ISIS...
BAGHDAD: They’re easy to drive and hard to stop, can be made on a farm and destroy a city block: The monstrous truck bombs deployed by ISIS are reshaping the...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s leadership has been indignant after U.S. accusations that its forces lack the will to fight but assessments of the army’s ability suggest the...
SINUNI, Iraq: A massage belt, a PlayStation controller, a gold ring – it sounds like a gift list, but the items ISIS left in Iraq are rigged with explosives...
BAGHDAD: The tide is beginning to turn on ISIS, analysts say, with the jihadis losing ground in Iraq and only able to hold on to their positions in...
ALEPPO: It’s more of an incantation than a song but it’s as ubiquitous as the sound of gunfire on Syria’s front lines and has become the...
ALEPPO, Syria: As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical center in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world’s oldest cities are being...
ALEPPO, Syria: With the thud of heavy machine guns, the whipping sound of sniper rounds and the smell of cordite filling the midnight darkness, the rebels...
ALEPPO, Syria: US President Barack Obama warned Syria Monday that any use of chemical weapons was a "red line" as fighting raged in the northern hub...
ALEPPO: A fighter returns to a Free Syrian Army safe house after a shift on the Aleppo frontline, cranks up the volume of the television, lights a cigarette...
ALEPPO, Syria: Fighting intensified in Syria's two main cities on Tuesday after rebels claimed they downed a government fighter jet and captured its pilot...