An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for U.S. assistance in suspending the unit. The latest report of executions comes after the release of videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area that...

 Israel overnight removed all security infrastructure it had put in place this month at Muslim entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, stepping up its efforts to diffuse political and religious tension. The government had already dismantled metal detectors it...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A ceasefire took effect on Thursday in a mountainous area of the Lebanese-Syrian border where Lebanon's Hezbollah says it is on the verge of defeating Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants in their last foothold at the frontier. The ceasefire began at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT),...

( The New Arab )- Noor was studying architectural engineering at the University of Mosul when, on her daily commute from her home in Qaraqosh, a man stopped all the buses on the road, flailing his arms and screaming in distress.  It was May 2, 2010, and the subsequent explosion tore...