Middle East

Beirut: A US-backed alliance of fighters in Syria is ready to enter the IS-held city of Manbij at will but is being cautious due to the presence of...

Moscow/Cairo: An EgyptAir passenger plane, en route from Cairo to Beijing, was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after...

Tunis: Tunisia's ruling party Nidaa Tounes said on Tuesday the prime minister should be replaced in a new unity government proposed by President Beji...

Geneva: The United Nations has "extremely distressing, credible reports" of Iraqi men and boys being abused by armed groups working with Iraqi...

Beirut: President Bashar Al Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his...

Baghdad/Erbil: An Iraqi militia leader accused government forces of "betrayal" as a split emerged between the Iranian-backed paramilitaries and...

Amman: Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two other security personnel were killed in an attack on a security office in a Palestinian refugee camp on...

Amman: Nearly 50 strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in some of the heaviest recent raids by Russian and Syrian...

Baghdad: A boat carrying fleeing civilians across a river from the IS stronghold of Falluja sank on Saturday, killing at least four people, as pro-Baghdad...

Baghdad: An Iraqi majority sect militia said on Saturday it planned to storm Falluja, IS' stronghold near Baghdad, once civilians left the city,...