Middle East

Beirut: Warplanes bombed a rebel-held area east of Damascus on Wednesday where Russia declared a ceasefire less than 24 hours earlier, the Syrian...

Rabat: A Moroccan lawmaker was shot and killed in front of his home on Tuesday night in Casablanca, according to a statement from his political party and...

Beirut: A U.S. Navy ship changed course towards Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Gulf waters on Saturday, a guard commander was quoted as saying...

Geneva: Fighting between rival people-smuggling gangs on Libya's Mediterranean coast has killed 22 people, the International Organization for Migration...

Mosul: Iraqi government forces fighting to drive IS from western Mosul on Tuesday recaptured the main government building, the central bank branch and the...

Qayyara West Airfield: A U.S. general in the international coalition in Iraq says that IS militants defending western Mosul are disorganised and some...

Beirut: U.S.-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of IS-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the group's de facto capital and...

Mosul/Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul's five bridges on Monday, giving a boost to their onslaught on IS's remaining...

Benghazi (Libya): East Libyan forces carried out fresh air strikes on Monday and said they were mobilising ground forces as they attempt to win back two of...