Middle East

Occupied Jerusalem/Beirut: Five projectiles from Syria set off air raid sirens in Israeli towns on Saturday, prompting the Israeli military to say it would...

Cairo: At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout...

Beirut: Iran's military chief warned Israel against violating Syrian airspace and territory on a visit to Damascus on Wednesday, Iranian state media...

Ankara: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would stick to its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers as long as the other...

Off The Tunisian Coast: Tunisian smugglers are offering migrants seeking a fresh start in Europe a new route from Africa to Italy. Thousands have made the...

Zakho (Iraq): More than three weeks after Iraq's Kurds voted for independence, it's business as usual at the bustling Ibrahim Khalil border crossing...

Baghdad/Kirkuk: The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making startlingly rapid gains in a...

Raqqa (Syria): U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over IS in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last extremist footholds after...

Tunis: Tunisia will not cut public salaries and subsidies for food and petrol next year, a move which may avert protests but sets the country on a...

Raqqa (Syria): U.S.-backed militias will capture IS's last foothold in the militants' former Syrian capital of Raqqa within hours, a militia...