Middle East

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...

Occupied Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to a 14-year-old Arab peace plan in trying to project a softer image internationally for a new governing...

Gaza: Security forces from the Hamas group executed three convicted Palestinians at dawn on Tuesday, a move condemned by local and international human...

Beirut: The Syrian opposition will meet in 10 days' time to decide who to send to future peace talks after its chief negotiator resigned, a spokesman...

Tripoli: Turkey's foreign minister said during a visit to Tripoli on Monday that his country hoped to be the first to reopen its embassy in the Libyan...

Southern Outskirts of Falluja: The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside...

Baghdad: More than 20 people were killed and about 50 injured in three bombings, including two suicide attacks, that hit Baghdad on Monday, police and...

Dubai: Iran has given foreign messaging apps a year to move data they hold about Iranian users onto servers inside the country, prompting privacy and...

Dubai: Moderate conservative Ali Larijani was re-elected on Sunday as the temporary speaker of Iran's new parliament which is dominated by first-term...

Misrata (Libya): Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government say they aim to encircle Sirte, IS's stronghold in Libya, having moved to within...