(Washington Post)- For complicated reasons to do with war and politics, the only way in and out of the enclave controlled by Syria’s Kurds is on a rusty iron boat that ferries passengers across the Tigris River from Iraq. Late last year, photographer Alice Martins and I boarded one of those...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul Saturday after retaking the city's airport from ISIS and punching into built-up areas of the extremists' last major stronghold in the country. Troops advanced in several more populated, built-up southern districts and about...

 Ibrahim Dereci emanates pride as he flickers on his prayer beads. Immaculately dressed in a suit and tie, he is a throwback to a different era.  The 62-year-old runs his patisserie in Istanbul’s Fatih district, while also keeping an eye on his neighbourhood from the well-located...

Armed groups traded fire with heavy weapons in the center of Tripoli, injuring at least nine people and paralyzing the Libyan capital, residents and the Red Crescent said Friday. "Our team ... rescued nine people injured in the indiscriminate firing," said the Libyan Red Crescent, which has...