Middle East

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...

Geneva: Syria's main opposition group said on Monday the European Union should impose targeted sanctions on Russian companies supporting the war in...

Beirut: Four suicide bombers killed at least five people and wounded 19 more in a series of attacks in a Lebanese Christian village at the border with Syria...

Dubai/London: Oil minister Bijan Zanganeh has handed the running of Iran's national oil company to a trusted ally in a push to agree long-awaited deals...

Beirut: Four suicide bombers killed at least five people and wounded 19 more in a series of attacks in a Lebanese village at the border with Syria on...

FALLUJA: Iraqi forces on Sunday recaptured the last district of Falluja held by IS militants and the commander of the operation declared the battle over...

Falluja(Iraq): Iraqi forces recaptured the last district held by IS militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the operation...

Ankara: Artillery fire from Turkey and air strikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed at least eight IS fighters in northern Syria, military sources...