Middle East

Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has dissolved the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency under the...

Beirut: Syrian pro-government forces recaptured a key rebel-held town in coastal Latakia province on Sunday, building on battlefield advances in the area...

Benghazi/Algiers: Firefighters have put out fires started by an attack by IS militants at the major Libyan oil terminal of Ras Lanuf, a spokesman for guards...

Istanbul: US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against IS extremists in...

Dubai: Iran and China agreed to expand bilateral ties and increase trade to $600 billion in the next 10 years, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday...

Beirut: The Syrian opposition ruled out even indirect negotiations with Damascus before steps including a halt to Russian air strikes, contradicting US...

Tunis: Tunisia declared a nationwide curfew on Friday after four days of protests and rioting over jobs and economic conditions, the worst unrest since an...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel plans to appropriate a large tract of agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Army Radio said on Wednesday, a...

Kasserine (Tunisia): Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters demanding jobs in the impoverished Tunisian city of Kasserine on Wednesday, as...

Zurich/Riyadh: Internationally-brokered talks between Syria's government and opposition groups should start this month as planned, Russian Foreign...