Flights from Baghdad to Beirut are nearly at capacity as airlines increase services ahead of Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral, officials said. The pro-Iran group has called for a huge ...

Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament. The measures — each ...

Born in 1898 in a small Nile Delta village, Umm Kulthum rose from humble beginnings to become the most celebrated voice in the Arab world. Her father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but ...

Travelling through the Middle East over the course of five months to film a new series and write a book I often found myself in these otherworldly encounters. In Iraq, I sipped tea with Abu Tahsin – a ...

Sepia-toned photographs of the icon adorn the walls of Abu Ahmed's cafe, alongside posters from her concerts ... the same music poured out of Baghdad's own Umm Kulthum cafe open since 1970 ...

The operation followed the arrest of Brahim Benmerzouga and Baghdad Meziane, who were convicted of "entering into a funding arrangement for the purposes of terrorism" earlier this year.

With empty pockets and through cold weather, teachers in Sulaimani have set up camp on a hunger strike for several days protesting over a decade of late and unpaid salaries, saying that they are ...

Asharq Al Awsat Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to ...

Pro-Palestinian activists have seemingly put up anti-Israeli posters on the London Underground, accusing Britain of spying on behalf of Israel. An image of the advert, on the Jubilee Line at London ...