How the Islamic State used bullying and bribes to rebuild in Syria

Russia, Iran competing for influence in Syria

Germany confronts terrorist financing amid legal challenges

Protests reach Iranian parliament: Budget puts street on brink of explosion

Doha aspires to play the mediator in standoff over Iran's nuclear file

Iraj Pezeshkzad, Author of Classic Iranian Novel, Dies at 94

Imran Khan Goes to Moscow as Pakistan Romances Russia

Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli inquiry finds

ISIS’s Leadership Crisis

It is only February, and already, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) has had a rough year. ISIS’s supporters quickly went from cheering on a large prison break in northeast Syria to learning, ...

To Preserve Its Own Stability, Pakistan Must Stabilize Afghanistan First

The euphoria felt by many in Pakistan over a Taliban victory in Kabul six months ago is subsiding. The government had hoped that a friendly — some would say proxy — regime in Kabul would ease its ...

After bearing the brunt of war, Afghan women and girls now pay the price of peace

Palwasha has watched her life unfold in an unbearably tragic way over the last six months. After losing her job as a cleaner, her family were forced to join others begging on the street, but in ...

Pakistan Faces ‘Peace of Wolves’ as Regional Tensions Rise

Complex, simultaneous attacks on two regional Pakistan Army headquarters in remote Balochistan have focused attention on the capacity and audacity of homegrown militant groups emboldened and even ...

Resurgence of Isis spreads fear in Syria as fresh violence reopens old wounds

Mali junta delays elections by five years

Europe asylum applications up by a third in 2021