Opinion: After the Assad regime’s fall, will Syrian refugees return?
A study shows that only about 30% of those displaced by conflicts return home, even 10 years after the conflict ends.
Trump's aid freeze shocks a Syria camp holding families linked to the Islamic State group
The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands ...
Senior Islamic State Somalia commander captured in Puntland
A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS ...
Car bomb kills 15 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppled
A car bomb killed at least 15 people in the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, the second attack there in three days ...
What is USAID and why is Trump reportedly poised to close it?
On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID's leadership of "insubordination" and said he was now its "acting ...
Iraqi-Led Air Strikes Kill Five Islamic State Operatives, US Centcom Says
(Reuters) - Precision airstrikes led by Iraqi security forces (ISF) killed five Islamic State (ISIS) operatives near Iraq's Kirkuk on Jan. 31, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in an X post on ...
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Trump’s aid freeze leads to uncertainty in Syrian detention camp holding families linked to Islamic State
The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands ...
A new skate park in Baghdad is the safe space Iraqi youth have longed for
Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad as they were in the chaotic years ...
Super Bowl LIX security concerns? New Orleans visitors will be with ‘a sea of blue’
Super Bowl LIX security will have 2,000 law enforcement officers on duty, along with 200 state troopers and 350 national ...
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Chess, Culture, and Controversy: Uzbek Grandmaster’s Handshake Refusal Sparks Debate
Islamic practices in Uzbekistan, after enduring seven decades of Soviet-imposed atheism, are now being increasingly adopted ...
Trump in Palm Beach: Tariffs, attack on ISIS in Somalia, Venezuela deal and a little golf
The military action was overshadowed by Trump's announcement that he imposed 25% tariffs on goods being imported into the ...
How India’s Taliban outreach can offset China-Pakistan’s hold on Afghanistan
The volatile, uncertain, and conflictual relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan would not let China extend the branches ...