Thousands hold Kurdistan independence referendum rallies #Kurdistan
Thousands of people in the city of Zakho in the northwest of the Kurdistan Region and President Masoud Barzani attended a rally in favor...
Iraqi air force strikes IS commanders, Baghdadi fate ‘unclear’
The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been attending,...
Failed Turkish Coup: How going Digital defeated Analog Communication?
Istanbul and Ankara were taken over by the forces involved in the coup. The Turkish National Broadcaster was forced to communicate to the nation...
Is Turkey Aiming to take back the Ottoman’s Mosul?
Just when people thought the stage is set for reclaiming Mosul from Islamic State, a new factor has emerged. Turkey has aggressively put itself...
No end in sight for Syrian refugees banned under Trump’s new...
No end in sight for Syrian refugees banned under Trump's new travel order
Layla Saleh, Qatar University
US President Donald Trump has issued a new version...
Why Assad’s military gains don’t translate to success in Syrian peace...
Why Assad's military gains don't translate to success in Syrian peace talks
Dara Conduit, Deakin University
The uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary on...
The Iraqi Women Daring to Show their Real Faces
More than 10,000 civilians have fled Islamic State group-held Mosul and made their way to refugee camps spread across northern Iraq.
Aid groups are gearing...
Egyptian Courts Overturns the First Democratically Elected President Morsi’s Death Sentence
Egyptian Court has overturned the First Democratically Elected President Morsi's death sentence. Mohamed Morsi and several leaders of Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death...
The Syrian Civil War and The Hope for Peace
This morning, while turning the pages of my newspaper, an article caught my attention, while my eyes managed to skip the remaining interesting piece...
Assad creates refugees, endorses Trump ban turning them away
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has defended Trump's Muslim ban, arguing that the controversial decree only targeted "terrorists", despite the fact that it is a...