General Mustafa Kemal, hero of the Dardanelles war against the Allies, in 1919 began confronting the Westerners who occupied the dismembered empire to found the independent nation he longed for. His forces found themselves nearing disaster at the gates of Ankara in 1921 when he received a telegram from Egin,...
As Iraq concrete jungle swelters, ancient stone houses stay cool
Tracing its roots back 2,700 years, the picturesque Kurdish town of Akre says it is better adapted to the modern-day perils of climate change than other parts of Iraq. "Stone houses are far more resistant" to the rising temperatures and also preserve the town's unique character, said Mayor Baland Reda...
Lebanon: small, multi-religious Mideast country
Lebanon is going through a severe economic crisis, described by the World Bank as one of the world's worst since the 1850s.Turkey appoints envoy to normalize ties with Armenia
Armenia and Turkey have never established formal diplomatic ties. The two countries' relations are particularly tense over World War I-era mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which Yerevan says amount to a genocide.
