Middle East

CNN  —  The families of Iran’s World Cup soccer team have been threatened with imprisonment and torture if the players…

Tel Aviv CNN  —  The 180 football fans lined up to check in for their flights to the World Cup…

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past week launched a series of airstrikes…

Iran’s Supreme Leader has praised the country’s Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters.…

America’s top diplomat for Iran has highlighted CNN’s investigation into sexual violence that revealed sexual assaults on male and female…

CNN —  An Iranian-Kurdish footballer has been arrested on charges of “incitement against the regime” as Tehran cracks down on anti-government protesters, according to…

CNN —  The body of an Israeli Druze young man that was seized by Palestinian gunmen in Jenin has been transferred to his…

CNN —  Iran is in a “full-fledged human rights crisis” as authorities clamp down on anti-regime dissidents, according to the United Nations High Commissioner…

Abu Dhabi, UAECNN —  “Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today…

With the World Cup now underway in Qatar, many are wondering how this moment arrived – that a tiny Gulf…