As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Conquered by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser V, they were exiled to upper Mesopotamia and Medes, today modern Syria and Iraq. The Ten Tribes of Israel have never been seen since. Or have they?

US Central Command carried out an airstrike that killed Abdallah Makki Muslih al Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah. Rifai was ...

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After serving in the Iraq War and returning from that combat deployment, I was given a Soldier Dance, as is customary within my tribe. Family, friends, and supporters from various Gourd Societies ...

Likewise, he leverages his own biography. A member of an Iraqi tribe that claims lineal descent from the Prophet Muhammad, al-Baghdadi turned an early affinity for Quranic recitation into a ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity in a renewed effort to choke off Iran's profits. National security advisor Mike Waltz told ...