Sophia Jones
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GAZA CITY — When Israeli airstrikes hit Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza this week, Sena Alissa held her pregnant belly as blood dripped between her legs. And th...
GAZA CITY — Whenever 5-year-old cousins Kenan and Nour wake up in their adjoining hospital beds, they beg to see their parents. The tiny pair, now bloodied and bandag...
With the fall of Iraq’s second largest city in mid-June to Sunni extremists, the country plunged into shocking sectarian violence once again. Now, jihadist fighters a...
KIRKUK, Iraq — They came without warning. Heavily armed and riding in hundreds of cars and Humvees stolen from the Iraqi army, the extremist Sunni fighters stopped ou...
BARTELLA, Iraq — Across the street from a Christian church in this quiet northern Iraqi town, Mounir Behram sits down for lunch with his family. He works as an armed ...
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, a hardline jihadi group blasted by al-Qaeda for being too extreme, launched a surprise offensive in Iraq earlier this month and eas...
ERBIL, Iraq — Kosrit Maged has thrived as the owner of a small fabric store in this northern Iraqi city for the past 18 years. On a good week, he is used to selling a...
ERBIL, Iraq — In a statement that could have a dramatic impact on regional politics in the Middle East, a spokesman for Turkey’s ruling party recently told a Kurdis...
ERBIL, Iraq — On most days, Youssef Suleiman and his family of six can be found crowded around their television in a sprawling refugee camp on the outskirts of this I...
ERBIL, Iraq — A young Kurdish fighter who introduces himself only as Akram mans a checkpoint to get into this northern Iraqi city, the afternoon heat rising from the ...
ISTANBUL — When I first watched the viral video from Sunday night’s celebration for newly elected Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, it was hard to make out ...
ISTANBUL — A year and a half after the United States designated the al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra a terrorist organization, Turkey has followed s...
CAIRO — Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former military chief expected to win this week’s presidential elections in a landslide, recently voiced his hope that at least 4...
CAIRO — A sense of celebration permeated the scene outside many polling stations here on Monday. People lining up to cast ballots for yet another president chanted an...
CAIRO — Dozens of men close their eyes in prayer and throw their hands up in the air toward the night sky. Barefoot and focused, their bodies sway to the rhythmic cha...