Middle East

Amman: The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against IS militants, the Syrian...

Beirut: The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against IS, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this...

Tripoli: Libya is uniting its various armed factions and will be able to eradicate IS militants on its territory with its own forces, the head of the...

Paris: A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may soon be impossible, France warned on Friday as it held an international conference to...

Washington/Beirut: Thousands of US-backed fighters opened a major new front in Syria's war, launching an offensive to drive IS out of a swathe of...

Cairo/Paris: A French search vessel has picked up signals from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804, Egyptian and French investigators said, a...

Baghdad: At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, IS stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and...

Amman: Jordanian King Abdullah swore in a new government led by a business-friendly politician on Wednesday, charging him with preparing for parliamentary...

Beirut/Amman: At least 23 people were killed in Russian air strikes overnight in the Syrian rebel-held city of Idlib, the heaviest bombardment there since a...

Camp Tariq (Iraq): IS militants halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United...