The Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

A raft of planned changes to Syria’s educational curriculum reveals a trend toward Islamification, while antisemitic, anti-western, and terror-glorifying material from the Assad-era curriculum remains ...

Speakers Discuss Risk ISIL/Da'esh, Their Affiliates Pose in Syria, Afghanistan, Across AfricaThe resilience of terrorist ...

Today, he is the head of the monastery, which is located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. As well as Fr. Petzold--now an ordained priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church--the ...

Fareed sits down with Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek to discuss Syria’s fate just two months after Islamic rebels ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional ...

The former rebel stronghold of Jobar points to the challenges facing the new government as it embarks on rebuilding a broken country.

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...