Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

Today, he is the head of the monastery, which is located in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. As well as Fr. Petzold--now an ordained priest in the Chaldean Catholic Church--the ...

The UK Foreign Office has issued multiple travel warnings for several countries and areas within countries across the world.

Fr. Jens Petzold, a Swiss priest based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, speaks to Vatican News about his work ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional ...

Using graphics to illustrate the scope of U.S. foreign aid spending and analyzing how the Trump administration’s sweeping ...

Middle East expert Eva J. Koulouriotis states that Ankara has found common ground with the jihadist group HTS, which has taken control in Syria, particularly regarding the eastern Euphrates. According ...

Northeast Syria, he said, is enduring a silent tragedy. The region is struggling to cope with the influx of internally ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

We need a waiver, but we also need funding. Neither the waiver on its own nor the funding is going to let the work continue — ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...