Category Middle East

Palestinian health officials have called for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse after Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of a renewed ground assault. Doctors at…

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by ISIL (ISIS) fighters in Iraq in 2014 was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation that involved Iraq, Israel, Jordan and the United States. The Yazidis, whose faith is rooted in Zoroastrianism, mostly…