Middle East

Beirut: Turkey-backed Syrian rebels would like to see a "safe zone" set up in areas of the border they are capturing from IS, but this would need...

Warsaw: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that a proposed meeting in Moscow with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be...

Paris/Baghdad: France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq and readying its aircraft carrier for deployment to reinforce foreign military...

Baghdad: At least nine people were killed in Baghdad late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by IS near a hospital in a central district, police and...

Amstrerdam: The Dutch government will assist Israel in improving water and gas supplies to energy-strapped Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...

Occupied Jerusalem: A parking garage under construction collapsed in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least two people and trapping several others under the...

Beirut/Hangzhou (China): The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight...

Beirut: Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media...

Hangzhou: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and...

Hangzhou (China)/Beirut: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States and Russia were struggling to reach a ceasefire agreement on Syria...