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Iraqi refugee alleges anti-Muslim culture the norm at Boston Whole Foods

BOSTON — An Iraqi refugee who had held a job as an overnight stocker at a city Whole Foods grocery store has taken the supermarket chain to federal court, claiming he faced rampant racism at the hands of two co-workers and that complaints to his superiors went ignored. Emad Siddeeq, who

Syria

Is the U.S. military strategy doing more harm or good in the Middle East?

Editor's note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next air on Tuesday, May 17 on PBS and online at pbs.org. The show features fact-based debate on major issues of the day, without the shouting.

Barack Obama

Obama widens US Afghan role during final months in office

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from ending the two wars he inherited from the Bush administration, Barack Obama is wrestling with an expanded set of conflicts in the final months of his presidency, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya and Syria, with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, where a Taliban resurgence

terrorism

Iran rejects US as ally as US names it lead terrorism sponsor

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader on Friday ruled out any formal cooperation with America against the Islamic State, their common adversary in Iraq and Syria, insisting that the United States remains a prime enemy of Tehran, despite a landmark nuclear deal with word powers. Trusting the U.

terrorism

Islamic State uses 20,000 kids as shields in Iraq’s Fallujah

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. children's fund on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in the battle for Fallujah to spare the children, the most vulnerable among tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the city west of Baghdad. Iraqi forces backed

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Iraqi commandos press attack on Islamic State in Fallujah

CAMP TARIQ, Iraq (AP) — Elite Iraqi special forces began their push Monday into Fallujah, expecting to encounter the stiffest resistance yet in the campaign to free territory from the Islamic State group. The city 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad has been under militant control longer than any other

Immigration

Syrian refugee admissions soar, but none are Christian

(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration has admitted 499 Syrian refugees so far this month, with no Christians among them. Of the 499 admitted in May, 495 are Sunni Muslims and the remaining four are described simply as "Moslem" in State Department Refugee Processing Center data.

Iraq

World Vision president: Treat refugees as guests

Rich Stearns, head of World Vision, the evangelical relief and development group, says Christians should follow a model pioneered by Chaldean churches in Iraq's Kurdistan region in which displaced people are treated as "guests" not refugees. Recently returned from Lebanon and Iraq, Stearns said that Christians