Ten years ago this month, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the corrupt dictatorship that had ruined his young life. His sac...

Students in Kabul demanded protection from the government after gunmen attacked Kabul University in early November. The assaulters took students and teachers hostage and killed 22 people. The attack o...

Having been stripped of her nationality, Shamima Begum could now also be deprived of her new-born son but the latter suggestion — cruel though it might sound — is coming unexpectedly from her own ...

She was a 20-year-old college student in Alabama who had become convinced of the righteousness of the Islamic State. So she duped her parents into thinking she was going on a college trip and instead ...

Less than a fortnight ago, here’s what was recovered from the waste bin of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan — a letter. The missive contained the exhortation: “Don’t be a tough gu...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Wednesday called on Kurdish fighters battling his troops in northeastern Syria to lay down their weapons and withdraw from the border area “this very nigh...

Russia said on Tuesday that its military units were patrolling territory in northern Syria between Syrian and Turkish forces after the American withdrawal from the area, underscoring the sudden loss o...

Russia-backed Syrian forces wasted no time in taking advantage of an abrupt US retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier less than 24 hou...

The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and signs that Turkey's invasion could fuel a broader war.Defense secretary M...

US-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey's border.This comes hours after the White House said US forces in northeastern Syria will move ...