Team finds primitive fridge, oven, benches for guests, around 150 serving bowls, evidence of eating, drinking, and even beer recipe inscribed on cuneiform tablet

Conversations between Tiba al-Ali and her father seemed to indicate he was unhappy with her decision to live alone in Turkey

Deadly crush in Basra comes as spectators gather for first international match held in country in over 40 years; 60 said hurt

Security forces struggle to prevent periodic assaults by Sunni terror group while authorities strive to prevent violence boiling into conflict between Sunni and Shiite communities

Heavily fortified area in Iraqi capital housing government buildings and the sprawling US Embassy will now have cars passing through for 14 hours a day, but no trucks

Kurds who fled country say protesters don't only want freedom from headscarf, but also abolishment of regime in Tehran, though views elsewhere mixed

US team's 1-0 victory over Iran at the tournament Tuesday was closely watched across the Middle East, where many blame one or both for the region's woes

$125 million will be retrieved from seizure of assets belonging to a well-connected businessman who has confessed to being part of network behind heist

Report suggests theft orchestrated by network of officials, civil servants and businessmen -- individuals that often have links to powerful political factions

Officials say Iranians among dead following attack near Al-Qaim crossing; no claims of responsibility