Middle East

Beirut: U.S.-backed militias said they came under attack on Saturday from Russian jets and Syrian government forces in Deir al-Zor province, a flashpoint in...

(View a photo essay on this story here http://reut.rs/2joVUVj) By Yiannis Kourtoglou KOKKINOTRIMITHIA, Cyprus, Sept 13 (Reuters) - After more than a year of...

Baghdad/Erbil: Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence planned for September 25, authorising the prime...

Beirut/Moscow: The Lebanese group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war while Russia said government forces had driven militants from 85 per cent...

Amman: Jordan said on Monday it was working with Russia to roll out a plan to end fighting in southwestern Syria "in the fastest possible time" -...

Vienna: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran was abiding by the rules set out in a nuclear accord it signed with six world powers in...

Cairo: Egypt's security forces killed 10 suspected militants on Sunday in a shootout during a raid on two apartments in central Cairo, the Interior...