The American and Iranian leaders are complete enigmas to each other—and the asymmetry in their beliefs is driving the crisis between their countries.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece — a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of craft and devotion to complete.

In early January this year, the Syrian city of Aleppo descended into violence. Predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods in the ...

Transfers of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq by the U.S. military have slowed this week, seven sources familiar ...

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian ...

In this captivating journey through history, explore how the Umayyad Caliphate expanded its empire to achieve one of the largest territorial conquests in the world. Unravel the strategic, political, ...

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State ...

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Alexander the Great is known as Iskandar or Dhul-Qarnayn (the “Two-Horned One”) in Islam. Credit: Public Domain Alexander the Great, known as Iskandar or Dhul-Qarnayn (the “Two-Horned One”) in Islam, ...