Middle East


Protests, revolution in Strip cannot succeed while Hamas remains in control, Gazans tell 'Post'

[ILLUSTRATIVE]Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip March 26, 2025.

Is a new insurgency brewing? Kurdish rebels clash with IRGC in major border escalation - analysis

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) run across a street in Raqqa, Syria, July 3, 2017.

Iraq launches sweeping anti-corruption crackdown, detains dozens of officials

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi speaks during a parliamentary session to vote in a new government headed by Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister, at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026.