Middle East

Ramallah (Occupied West Bank): Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, after entering a village in the...

Amman: Syrian rebels blamed Iran and militias on Saturday of holding up a deal to evacuate civilians trapped in the remaining rebel bastion in Aleppo. Munir...

Dubai: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned Britain on Saturday as a "source of evil and misery" for the Middle East after...

Paris: France has postponed a proposed Middle East peace conference in Paris to January next year, its ambassador to the United Nations said, acknowledging...

Paris: France said on Friday it is pushing for the United Nations Security Council to ensure the evacuation of Aleppo is coordinated by international...

Aleppo (Syria)/Beirut: Plans to evacuate rebel districts of Aleppo stalled on Wednesday as more fighting rocked the city and insurgents appeared to have...

Moscow: Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo had resumed fighting at dawn, but that Syrian government...

Cairo: A suicide bomber who killed at least 25 people in Cairo's main cathedral on Sunday was a Muslim Brotherhood supporter who joined a militant cell...

ALEPPO, Syria/GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday it had reports that Syrian soldiers and allied Iraqi fighters had summarily shot dead 82 children,...

Baghdad: Iraqi paramilitary forces fighting IS west of Mosul aim to clear a large strip of land on the border with Syria to prevent the militants melting...