Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces at the Jabal Han front west of the city of Taiz on Oct. 3, 2026. (Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images) Saudi media appears to be celebrating major victories ...

Wars do not alter the balance of power only when cities fall; it also shifts when geography acquires new value. This is precisely what has happened in Yemen, on its western coast in particular. Twelve ...

New Lines Editorial Director Rasha Elass and contributing writer Farea Al-Muslimi discuss the growing threat to international ...

In Jordan, people remember retreating shorelines. From the oasis in Azraq to the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley, bodies of water have been shrinking, leaving behind cratered land and shriveled shrubs ...

It was a cold day in September 1957 when farmers in the Ural Mountains east of Yekaterinburg, in central Russia, noticed the sky had changed. Luminous pink and red streaks cut through the atmosphere.

A child rides a bicycle as Iranians celebrate Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature Day, on April 2, 2026, in Tehran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Sara, a 37-year-old single woman living in Tehran, was ...

“The day has come, Atef Najib, the day has come.” The chant rose inside the Palace of Justice in central Damascus, carried by families of victims as they filed into the courtroom, heads held high.

At least 1,700 civilians have been killed since the start of the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activist News Agency. An analysis of a series of strikes by ...

About a year into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Natalia Soloshenko realized she needed help. The news of death and destruction pouring in from across the country had become relentless. Her ...

Feminist activists hold a press conference in front of presidential candidate Lee Jun-seok’s campaign office in Seoul in May 2025, calling for his resignation. (Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images) ...

People stand near abandoned fishing boats in the dried-up Aral Sea in Muynak, Uzbekistan. (Petr Svarc/Education Images/Universal Images via Getty) Zaualkhan Ermakhanov grew up in the village of ...

Life in Maaloula is dwindling thanks to war and emigration, and so too is the ancient tongue of its Christian residents Cian WardCian Ward is a freelance journalist based in Beirut who covers conflict ...