Middle East

Iran to temporarily free 54,000 prisoners as coronavirus rapidly spreads

The novel coronavirus outbreak Medical staff wearing protective suits ride down an escalator at Moscow's… Read More

Iraq Fast Facts – CNN

Capital: Baghdad Ethnic Groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20% or other 5% (1987 est.)Religion: Muslim (official)… Read More

Iran coronavirus: Bodies ‘pileup’ in morgue as country feels strain of coronavirus

The novel coronavirus outbreak Medical staff wearing protective suits ride down an escalator at Moscow's… Read More

Turkey and Russia announce ceasefire in Syria’s northwest

The announcement came after a nearly six hour long meeting between the two countries' leaders… Read More

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn Fast Facts

November 8, 2002 - The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1441, giving Iraq a final… Read More

Saudi Arabia detains senior members of its royal family

The brother of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and a former crown prince… Read More

No one can protect these Syrian kids from the bombs. This group is at least trying to give them the skills to cope

The music stops. The chorus of artillery and shelling reasserts itself. Then comes a melancholic… Read More

Iran building burial pits for coronavirus victims, satellite images show

The country has reported at least 10,075 confirmed coronavirus cases and 429 deaths, the third-highest… Read More

How this outbreak is adding to the risk of miscalculation between global enemies

It throws normal assessments off balance. It introduces the possibility that a troublesome neighbor may… Read More

Amid coronavirus fears, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu sees an opening

Netanyahu has called for a national emergency government, consisting of all of the parties in… Read More