In this edition of Overheard, Phil Wasielewski talks to Dr. Arturo Munoz and Dr. Diane Zorri about the academic papers they presented at last year's ...

Christians in northeast Syria this month will mark the 10th anniversary of an attack by the Islamic State group on more than 30 villages.

There is no evidence that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding Boko Haram or any terrorist group,” the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, has said ...

The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...

For decades, the Middle East has been the region where diplomatic aspirations go to die. At least since U.S. President George ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism. They say that could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s ...

A rare ally of both the U.S. and Iran with more than $100 billion in reserves held in the U.S., Iraq relies heavily on ...

Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, has been trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia. On ...

U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats ...

Afghan and Pakistani militants who fought alongside the Syrian regime have relocated to Iraq, sparking security concerns and ...

The United States of America has maintained some degree of military presence ever since March 19, 2003, when the Iraq War, ...