Middle East

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,...

AMMAN/MOSCOW: The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province, home to the de facto capital of IS, after a major Russian-backed offensive against...

Amman: The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against IS militants, the Syrian...

Beirut: The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against IS, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this...

Tripoli: Libya is uniting its various armed factions and will be able to eradicate IS militants on its territory with its own forces, the head of the...