The scourge of HIV/ AIDS is being overlooked in South Sudan, activists warn, as the government and civil society remain focused on other problems caused by the country's year-long political crisis. "The problem is, there's no proper system of treatment for those living with...

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that it has retaken two regions in the north and west of  Iraq on Friday. The areas which were controlled by ISIL only a few days ago are now liberated, with around 135 ISIL militants being killed during...

In the summer of 2004, a young jihadist in shackles and chains was walked by his captors slowly into the Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq. He was nervous as two American soldiers led him through three brightly-lit buildings and then a maze of wire corridors, into an open yard,...

 (Anadolu News Agency)-  ISIL launched a counter-attack on Thursday, resulting in it controlling two areas in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.  The areas are close to Baghdadi town, located around 13 miles west of Hit city in Anbar governorate....