Iraq

Resistance to ISIS mounts in Syria, Iraq

Forces both aligned with and against the regimes in Iraq and Syria are mobilizing in both countries to beat back ISIS—Shi'ites, Sufis, Ba'athists and the secular civil resistance.

North Africa

Moroccan women protest reactionary PM

Moroccan women protested to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane after he gave a speech urging women to stay at home and not work jobs.

Iraq

Iraq: cultural cleansing in Mosul

The ISIS militants that have seized Mosul are engaged in a campaign of cultural cleansing—targeting not only the citiy's inhabitants, but its artistic and historical treasures.

Iraq

ISIS: too radical for al-Qaeda?

Ayman al-Zawahiri purged ISIS from al-Qaeda and confered the local franchise on the rival Nusra Front. But with the old Qaeda leadership moribund, ISIS now controls much of Iraq.

Greater Middle East

ISIS behind Brussels Jewish Museum killings?

News that a suspect in the Brussels Jewish museum killings fought in Syria with the insurgent group ISIS comes as European police escalate their crackdown on Syria "returnees."

South Asia

UN rights experts warn Pakistan on persecution

UN human rights experts urged Pakistan to take urgent measures against faith-based killings and protect the country's Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is now outlawed.

Iran

Iran: online revolt against hijab

Iranian women by the thousands are posting their photos without a hijab on a Facebook page called My Stealthy Freedom, created by London-based Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad.

Africa

#BringBackOurGirls: Obama sends in the drones

The Pentagon deploys 80 Air Force troops to Chad to maintain a drone force to assist in efforts to find the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls—as Nigerians organize self-defense militias.