Middle East

Yazidis still suffering years after IS genocide

Thousands of displaced Yazidis in the Sinjar mountains in Northern Iraq are still suffering and afraid, almost four years after Islamic State attacked Yazidi villages. "The situation of the Yazidis in Iraq...

Explosion in Western Afghanistan kills 8

A motorcycle bomb explosion killed eight civilians and wounded seven others in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. The explosion took place Monday afternoon in a local market in Shindand district close to a...

US military denies responsibility for Syria missile strikes

Syrian state media reported a missile attack early Monday on an airbase in Homs province, saying there were a number of casualties. The reports said the attack targeted the T4 base and...

Turkey voices support for peace talks with Afghan Taliban

During a visit to Afghanistan Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced his country’s support for an Afghan peace offer to Taliban insurgents. The “Taliban should not lose this historic and rare...

Ankara hosts Iran, Russia leaders as cooperation deepens to end Syria conflict

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara Wednesday for a second trilateral summit, part of ongoing efforts to...

Mosul artist paints over IS graffiti with murals of city’s old glory

WASHINGTON / MOSUL, IRAQ — Walid Dabagh travels across the ruins of Mosul, hunting for traces of the Islamic State's reign of terror. Once he finds it, Dabagh replaces the violent graffiti...

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