As a child, I was taught never to mock the afflicted. It’s a good question where or when that rule began, because the afflicted were fair game in…
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Despite the heavy burdens Syrian refugees already carry on their shoulders, they continue to face hostility in Lebanon — a tiny country that is…
Musa al-Shami, hailing from the southern town of Jarjoua, spoke candidly about the state of the country in a two-minute and seventeen-second audio…
I don’t think enough attention has been paid to US Central Command Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla’s public testimony on 23 March, in which he said…
A look at Saddam's superyachts and palaces in Iraq, 20 years after his fall
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A man walks near the damaged palace of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein in Mosul, Iraq, February 19, 2023.
AFP
This file photo from April 10, 2003 shows former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht the Al-Mansur after it was bombed during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
EPA
Iraqi school students walk past graffiti-painted walls at the palace of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Babylon, 85 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, 15 March 2023.
EPA
People visit the palace of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Babylon, 85 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, 15 March 2023.
REUTERS
A view of the damaged palace of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein in Mosul, Iraq, February 15, 2023.
REUTERS
A man looks at a mural of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein inside his damaged former palace in Mosul, Iraq, February 19, 2023.
AFP
This file photo taken on May 13, 2003 shows Iraqi children swimming in front of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht the al-Mansur moored in Basra after it was bombed during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
AFP
People visit a meeting room inside the Basrah Breeze, a private yacht that was owned by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, now moored in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on March 2, 2023.
EPA
Iraqi school students walk past graffiti-painted walls at the palace of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Babylon, 85 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, 15 March 2023.
AFP
This file photo taken on April 10, 2003 shows former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht the al-Mansur moored in Basra after it was bombed during the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Sacred texts have played a significant role in the emergence and evolution of the translation field, paving the way for its establishment as a…
Kabul: A huge white flag with a black shahada, or Muslim expression of faith, waves high above the Afghan capital on Wazir Akbar Khan hill.Numerous…
In what appears to be a global attack on already-troubled democracies, the world is witnessing several attempts to impose authoritarian rule hiding…
London: Syrian authors have penned novels and literary pieces depicting the harsh realities of their homeland, both pre- and post-2011.Some delve…
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The wrestle for Hormuz
