Travelling through the Middle East over the course of five months to film a new series and write a book I often found myself in these otherworldly encounters. In Iraq, I sipped tea with Abu Tahsin – a ...

Upholding security at the camp in Syria is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, but contractors don ...

We need a waiver, but we also need funding. Neither the waiver on its own nor the funding is going to let the work continue — ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

Congress had budgeted at least $690 million on pro-democracy programs this year to counter nations considered the world's ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

The ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas makes provisions for the passage of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza. This ...

Finding and fighting the militants who have become the beating heart of the Islamic State (IS) group in Africa can be tough ...