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U.N. says 13.6 million displaced by wars in Iraq and Syria

(Reuters) - About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq , and many are without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. Amin Awad, UNHCR's director for the Middle...

Iraqi Shiite militias grow brutal in anti-IS fight

BAGHDAD — The vengeance that Iraq’s Shiite militias mete out as they fight the Islamic State group can be just as brutal as that of their sworn sectarian enemies. In a grisly video recently posted online, a Shiite fighter shouts the name of a revered imam in victory as he...