May is usually a month of plenty in Raqqa, as the Euphrates river feeds crops and brings relief from the rising summer heat. But this year, the 2,800-kilometre-long river that originates in Turkey and crosses through Syria and Iraq to finish its course in the Arabian Gulf, has depleted to...

Hamza Nasri, a young Tunisian activist, hit the streets as part of anti-government protests in recent months. Now he says he is under police watch and afraid for his friends. "I've moved house three times in recent months. I've stopped going to see certain friends so I don't put them in...

The attack late Monday was the first time in nearly two months that Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq, after a string of similar incidents. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an investigation and promised to "hold accountable those...

U.S. backed Kurdish-led forces and the Syrian army reached a deal on Tuesday to end a nearly three week long siege of neighborhoods under the control of the Syrian government in two-Kurdish controlled cities in northeast Syria, officials from both sides said. Streets leading to the...