Middle East

Hosni Mubarak is likely soon to go free, marking a bitter end to the exciting promise of the Arab uprisings.

Obama has labeled the Islamic State's threat to Iraq's minorities a potential "genocide." Welcome to the Iraq merry-go-round.

Tthe Islamic State militants (formally known as ISIS) have driven tens of thousands of Iraq's Yazidi minority group into the mountains.

The U.S. and UN announced a ceasefire yesterday. . . and it's already unraveled--as if the conflict's death toll and destructive track record weren't already horrific enough.

Can sex help bridge the ever-widening Arab-Israeli divide? One Tumblr page is seeking to answer that very question.

Michelle Demishevich is Turkey's first—and only—trans TV reporter. Can one women's visibility better the lives of LGBTQ folks throughout the country?

A just-brokered 5-hour cease-fire between Israel and Palestine is unlikely to take hold. Sadly, if history is any indicator, the violence will probably continue unabated.

From hunger and lack of shelter to sexual violence, the plight of the Syrian women refugees is basically a nightmare. A new UN report highlights the hardships and calls for action.