The spiritual heart of Shiite Islam and a hub for religious tourism in Iraq is being badly hit as sanctions against neighbouring Iran have resulted in fewer pilgrims with less money to spend. Business leaders, shopkeepers and hotel owners in Najaf, site of a shrine to a revered figure in...

  A member of the "National Coalition" revealed torture of Syrian activist by the Turkish Police after being arrested last week over suspicion in his passport. The Media Activist Abu Isaac Al-edilbi filed a complaint to the coalition saying  Turkish Police...

US warns of conflict spreading beyond national borders after Sunni group boasts of new firepower online Sunni jihadist groups in northern  Syria   have secured a large supply of the type of anti-aircraft missiles that the Obama administration has urgently tried to keep away...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration’s decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria today, arguing that the U.S. should “Let Allah sort it out” until there is a stronger leader in the White House. “Militarily, where is our commander in...