DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish police detained the mayor of the southeastern city of Van on Thursday, security sources said, a day after arresting two...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish police detained the mayor of the southeastern city of Van on Thursday, security sources said, a day after arresting two...
BENGHAZI, Libya: At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting...
CAIRO: Mohamed El Baradei, who briefly served as Egyptian vice-president following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, recently recalled how he had been threatened by...
BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group said on Wednesday it is about to storm the Tal Afar airbase, west...
BEIRUT: Air strikes hit near a children's hospital and a school in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in the second day of renewed...
BAGHDAD: Islamic State terrorist group has caused massive destruction in the ancient city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said. The capital of the...
Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes bombed rebel-held areas in Aleppo and Idlib province overnight, a monitor said, a day after Moscow announced a...
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Belgium of being an important centre for supporters of both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party...
ANKARA: Turkey-backed rebels are just 2 km (1.25 miles) from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it...
JERUSALEM: Israel should be concerned about the deepening disconnect between Russia’s aims in the Middle East and its own goals, according to a...
MOSCOW: Russian military launched a new large-scale operation in Syria’s Idlib and Homs provinces Tuesday, Russian media outlets quoting the defense minister said....
Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Tuesday from a trip to France where he underwent medical checks, his office said. Bouteflika suffered...
Ein Gedi, Israel: A group of swimmers braved the sting of extremely salty waters to cross the Dead Sea from Jordan to Israel...
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul in the last three days, most of them accused of collaborating with the...
Aleppo, Syria: Syria's government and its ally Russia launched Tuesday a wide-ranging assault on rebel strongholds with renewed strikes on the besieged eastern...
Nimrud, Iraq: Iraqi forces have retaken the ancient city of Nimrud, but it has been heavily damaged by the Islamic State group, an...
DEBAGA, Iraq: Ali and Sara, born in Islamic State's self-styled caliphate in northern Iraq, escaped to a camp for displaced people only to...
Cairo: An Egyptian appeals court has overturned a death sentence handed down against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in one of four trials...