Middle East

Beirut: Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus and parts of Aleppo in the north on Saturday, killing 23 people, with the death...

Baghdad: Explosives planted by IS have killed dozens of Iraqi civilians who returned to Ramadi despite warnings that much of the western city remains unsafe...

Benghazi (Libya): Libya's internationally recognised parliament, which was forced out of the capital by factional violence, failed to vote for a unity...

Beirut/Geneva: The United Nations (UN) special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed...

Benghazi (Libya): Military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government said late on Thursday they had carried out air strikes overnight against hardline...

Baghdad: Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests demanding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet...

Benghazi: Military forces in eastern Libya said IS militants had retreated from long-held positions around the city of Derna on Wednesday, and were engaged...

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks might not resume for at least a year if they are abandoned now, a senior Western diplomat warned on...

Tel Aviv: Israeli police said on Wednesday they had arrested a diamond dealer on suspicion of embezzlement after a complaint was filed by members of the...

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks appeared doomed on Tuesday after air strikes killed around 40 people in a crowded vegetable market in rebel...