Middle East

A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant...

After leaving his war-torn homeland of Yemen, “Hamza” was working for subsistence wages in neighboring Oman when he heard...

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a...

For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments. An...

Lebanon detained its powerful former central bank governor, Riad Salame, and whisked him to a courtroom where a judge...

The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its...

Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African...

A broken and exploited system where money is skimmed at every point in the commercial supply chain puts the trickle of goods...

After their home outside Gaza City was flattened by Israeli bombardment, Rasha Ibrahim and her family fled south, hoping to...

A flood of drugs out of Syria has opened a new phase in the country’s conflict, pitting drug traffickers — with apparent...

A leaked report sheds light on the source of a mysterious media attack on the Serbian president’s political rival.

Undercover reporters recorded a group of covert cyber influence specialists as they pitched their services, which involve...