Middle East

Beirut: The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a US court, accusing the Syrian...

Beirut: The Syrian military has extended a nationwide ceasefire that expired on Friday for another 72 hours, state media reported on Saturday. The military...

Baghdad: Iraq's prime minister fired three officials in charge of Baghdad's security on Friday after last weekend's bombing that killed nearly...

Gaza: Turkish aid shipments arrived in the Gaza Strip via Israel on Monday, a week after Israel and Turkey announced they would end a six-year rupture and...

Baghdad: Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated...

Amman: Syria's Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the commander of the Western-backed Jaish Al Tahrir brigade, along with several of his aides and...

United Nations: Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians...

Baghdad: Iraq's military said it advanced through northern villages held by IS on Wednesday, on its way to an airfield which could serve as the staging...

Amman/Beirut: US-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an IS-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base on Wednesday...

Beirut/Qaa (Lebanon): The Lebanese government warned on Tuesday of a heightened terrorist threat after eight suicide bombers targeted a Christian village at...