The ruins of an Iraqi Kurdish village abandoned 36 years ago and submerged under the waters of a dam, have suddenly resurfaced thanks to sinking water levels in the drought-hit country. The construction of the dam, 2 km north of the town of Dohuk, started in 1985 and prompted the...

In Iraq’s southern province of Basra, the oil flows freely but little of the wealth trickles down to the people, and many struggle to make ends meet. Sajad, 17, who lives in Basra city, says he “has no future” and no present. Like other young people, he says he just survives, a living...

A diplomatic row between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia – prompted by a senior Lebanese cabinet minister slamming the Saudi military intervention in Yemen – has raised fears that the Middle East’s geopolitical faultlines will amplify Lebanon’s already acute political and economic crises....

The Syrian regime forces and other waring parties killed at least 84 civilians, including 22 children and 4 women, in October, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Monday.   The monthly report by the local monitoring group saw an overall decrease in the death toll of civilians,...