Philip Issa

An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, May 12, 2018. Polls opened across Iraq on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over the Islamic State group.

Record low turnout in first Iraq elections since Islamic State defeat

August 22, 2019 at 3:51 a.m.

Iraq saw a record low turnout on Saturday in its first elections since the collapse of the Islamic State group, pointing to widespread dissatisfaction with the direction of the country...

A Syrian regime helicopter flies overhead during the government's bombardment of the eastern Ghouta area, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Feb. 21, 2018.

New strikes kill 13 in Damascus suburb of Ghouta, continuing days of fatal fire

August 22, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

A new wave of deadly Syrian government bombardment in the opposition-held eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus on Thursday killed 13 people as world leaders and aid groups called for...

Botched U.S. airstrike killed 18 allied fighters in Syria

August 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

A misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, the U.S. military said Thursday. U.S. Central Command said...

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