Month: January 1970

Yemeni journalist Adel al-Hasani was released from jail on Sunday after a nearly 6-month imprisonment, his lawyer Liza Manaa Saeed told CNN.

View CNN’s Fast Facts to learn about the Arab League, an organization of 22 Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

ISIS militants were behind Thursday’s brutal killings north of Baghdad where they shot dead eight people in three separate attacks, including six family members, according to an Iraqi military statement … Read More

When 10-month-old Hassan Ali arrived at the hospital, doctors were hopeful they could save him. So many children in northern Yemen, after all, don’t even get this far, starved not … Read More

A Saudi court has rejected an appeal by prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul that would have allowed her to travel freely, her family and supporters said.

View CNN’s Fast Facts to learn more about the United Nation’s inspection for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq from 1991 to 2007.

Of all the battles in the fight against ISIS, the operation to retake Mosul could prove the most significant.

Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq reminded the region of more peaceful times where coexistence was the norm, not the exception.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Iraq’s “most wanted” fugitives list.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have tested positive for Covid-19, the president’s office said in a statement Monday.