We need a waiver, but we also need funding. Neither the waiver on its own nor the funding is going to let the work continue — ...

The ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas makes provisions for the passage of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza. This ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

Congress had budgeted at least $690 million on pro-democracy programs this year to counter nations considered the world's ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

Upholding security at the camp in Syria is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, but contractors don ...

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The Trump administration is moving to merge USAID with the State Department and, while some aid functions will remain intact, ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Some of the hideouts where the militants were expelled include caves between Dharin and Qurac in Toga-Jaceel during the ...

Providing financial support and political power to terror-related groups without fundamental change in their nefarious educational messaging will not advance peace.