Middle East

Erbil (Iraq): Iraqi forces have advanced to 5km (3 miles) from Mosul in an offensive against IS' last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of...

Cairo: Laila El Sayed spent her afternoon searching grocery stores in Cairo’s bustling Dokki district on the banks of the Nile River for one thing:...

ANKARA/BEIRUT: Turkish-backed forces will press on to the IS-held town of Al Bab in Syria, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, emphasising...

QAYYARA (Iraq): Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under IS control since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to...

Geneva: The United Nations' top human rights official said on Friday that the siege and bombing of eastern Aleppo in Syria constituted "crimes of...

Qayyara (Iraq): IS launched a major attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in...

Sirte (Libya): Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, IS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte,...

Tunis: Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their profession, extending a series of...

Sheikh Amir (Iraq): A deep tunnel, booby trapped with an improvised explosive device, burrows under houses at the entrance to the village. Nearby, an...

Beirut: Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the...