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In a divided Iraq, a unique school brings children together

Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen children sit in the same classrooms at a school where Islamic and Christian education textbooks are stacked on the same...

Why Egypt has a different take on Russian airstrikes in Syria

Egypt says Russia’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria will restrict the spread of terrorism and deal a major blow to the Daesh terrorist group in...

The awakening and comeback of the Arab Spring

The Iraqi people restored the image of the Arab Spring after it faded beneath the rubble and victims of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran’s...

Kushners near deal with Qatar-linked company

The company owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is close to receiving a bailout of its flagship New York...

Scandals highlight Israeli leader’s media obsession

Benjamin Netanyahu came to prominence as a star of the media age, an upgrade from older Israeli politicians in his telegenic poise, mastery of...

Five Kurdish mayors detained as crackdown continues in Turkey

As part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish authorities detained mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas...

In Iraq’s crumbling Basra, a yearning for a glorious past

When Iraqi merchant Jabar Mohamed was growing up in the southern port city of Basra, he liked to watch boats gliding along a canal...

Saudi Arabia: 93 people with Isis links arrested in recent months

Authorities say they have foiled Islamic State plans to carry out terrorist attacks including a strike on the US embassy in the capital Riyadh,...

Lowest monthly death toll in 9 years in Syria

Marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start of the conflict in 2011, the war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March,...

Workers suffer in Saudi as once-mighty Hariri firm falters

He's had no salary for six months, he cannot pay his children's school fees and his permit to reside in Saudi Arabia has expired. But...

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