When we first received reports about the hospital massacre, we hoped survivors' minds had imagined it—trauma playing tricks.

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

A blood-soaked week illustrates the perils and challenges faced by the young government.