Middle East


Kurds continue to be under fire even amid ceasefire, fear new deal may not stop Iranian attacks

A fighter from the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) takes part in a training exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in February.

Last of Australian ISIS linked families leave Syrian camps

Members of Australian families believed to be linked to the Islamic State militants wait to leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria April 24, 2026.

Mojtaba Khamenei pushes for baby boom as regime braces for incoming population crisis

GIRLS ATOP a corrugated tin roof on May 17, 2026 along the Strait of Hormuz in, on Qeshm Island, Iran.