Middle East

Diyarbakir: Five Turkish soldiers and 30 Kurdish militants have been killed in the past 24 hours in attacks and clashes across Turkey's turbulent...

Tripoli: Italy's foreign minister made a flying visit to Tripoli on Tuesday to meet Libya's UN-backed unity government, pledging broad international...

Beirut: Syrian Kurds and their allies aim to finalise plans within six months for an autonomous political federation in northern Syria, pressing ahead...

Beirut/Amman: The Syrian army was on Monday reported to be sending reinforcements to Aleppo, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile truce in the...

Dubai: Russia has delivered the first part of an advanced missile defence system to Iran, Iranian media reported on Monday, starting to equip Tehran with...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament is unlikely to vote on a new cabinet line-up proposed by Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi in an attempt to curb corruption...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his...

Cairo: Fighting broke out north of Yemen's capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people. The war has killed more than...

Beirut/Moscow: The Russian air force and Syrian military are preparing a joint operation to take Aleppo from rebels, the Syrian prime minister was quoted...

Benghazi: Staff have been evacuated from three oil fields in eastern Libya because of fears of attacks by IS group militants, but production has not been...