Middle East

Beirut: Air strikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombardment since February, a rebel official and...

Baghdad: Iraq's military said on Sunday it was preparing to launch an offensive to retake the IS stronghold of Falluja and told residents to get ready...

Cairo: Egypt has sent a robot submarine to join the hunt for an EgyptAir plane which crashed in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean Sea with 66...

Cairo: Amal sits in the lobby of a hotel staring out at Cairo airport. Face tight with exhaustion, eyes puffy. She is hoping her daughter Samar Ezzedine, a...

Beirut: A Lebanese charity network run by a cleric said it had been unfairly caught up in new US financial sanctions against Hezbollah, accusing Lebanese...

Baghdad: At least four anti-government protesters were killed and 90 injured when security forces ejected them from Baghdad's heavily fortified Green...

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister resigned on Friday, saying the nation was being taken over by "extremist and dangerous elements"...

Moscow: Russia has proposed to the US-led coalition that they stage joint airstrikes on Syrian rebels, including militant group Nusra Front, who are not...

Cairo: Egypt's civil aviation ministry confirmed on Friday that the Egyptian military had found human remains believed to belong to those on board an...