With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the ...

After its premier proxy Hezbollah suffered unprecedented losses in the war with Israel, it is time to reevaluate the state of ...

now Iran. A joint team of archeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while undertaking a remote sensing survey to map the Darb Zubaydah ...

Qadisiyah, the Arab army emerged victorious and continued its march into Persia, contributing to the spread of Islam beyond ...

Most of the deaths were reported in Iran's Kermanshah province A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 396 people and injuring ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire.

The Nujaba Movement is also a leading faction of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an unofficial coalition of Iraqi militias that are part of the broader Iran-aligned Axis of Resistance. The Islamic ...

Iraq’s leaders have a lot on their minds, stuck between Israel and Iran as the two countries veer closer to open conflict. Washington generally has a permissive attitude to whatever Israel wants ...

Kataib Hezbollah said its headquarters in the western Iraqi town of al-Qaim was hit The US has conducted air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed Iraqi militia blamed for an attack ...

Possibility of Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a key lane for Middle Eastern oil and gas shipments from the Persian ...

In the volatile Caucasus region, Russia and Iran, often seen as united in their aims, are vying to secure trade routes and ...

Iran and Iraq condemned a terrorist attack Wednesday in the Turkish capital Ankara on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) that left five people dead and 22 injured. In a ...