Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered on Sunday in a church damaged by Islamic State north of Mosul, celebrating Easter there for the first time since 2014. "God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ will also mark the return and rising-up of the Christians in Iraq," said...

The Gaza Strip's only functioning power plant was out of action Sunday after running out of fuel, the head of the territory's electricity provider told AFP. Samir Metir said that all the plant's fuel, purchased with funding from Qatar and Turkey, had been used up. He said it was not...

Iraqi forces launched a new attack on ISIS in Mosul's Old City Sunday, military officials said, trying to break the stalemate in attempts to seize the militants' last stronghold. Mosul, Iraq's second biggest city, was captured by the Sunni Muslim fighters in 2014, but government forces have...

Iraqi forces made major gains in the six months since launching the operation to retake Mosul, but the battle for Iraq's second city and the war against ISIS are far from over. Tough close-quarters fighting in heavily-populated areas of Mosul is still ahead, and ISIS also holds territory in...