Middle East

Nabatieh (Lebanon): Twelve-year-old Abdulrahman has not set foot in a classroom for nearly three years. Instead of going to school, he works at the...

Beirut: Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face...

Baghdad/Ankara: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned...

Gaza: Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian fighters' targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a...

Geneva: Analysis of satellite imagery of a deadly attack on an aid convoy in Syria last month showed that it was an air strike, a UN expert said on...

Rome: More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued in the last...

Amman/Brussels: Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential...

Sirte (Libya): IS militant group controls a residential strip less than 1km long in their former stronghold in Libya's Sirte, where pro-government...

Istanbul: The United States and its allies must think carefully before launching an offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from IS, Turkey's...

Tehran: The speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Larijani, cancelled talks with German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday during his high-profile...