Middle East

Arbil: Arab fighters backed by Kurdish forces and US-led air strikes retook a village in northern Iraq on Wednesday in an example of effective military...

Geneva: The United Nations struggled to fan peace talks into life on Wednesday but in Syria fighting raged as Damascus, aided by Russian air strikes,...

Cairo: An Egyptian airline plans to buy up to 10 Russian-made jets in a deal with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft that could also see the creation of a tour agency to...

Beirut/Amman/Geneva: A Syrian military offensive backed by heavy Russian air strikes threatened to cut critical rebel supply lines into the northern city of...

Beirut: Lebanon's government is so dysfunctional, Beirut stinks. And now it's getting dangerous. Six months ago, the authorities shut the main...

Rome: An international coalition is pushing back IS militants in their Syrian and Iraqi strongholds but the group is threatening Libya and could seize the...

London: Jordan's King Abdullah II says his country needs long-term aid from the international community to cope with a huge influx of Syrian refugees,...

Baghdad: Tens of thousands of trapped Iraqi civilians are running out of food and medicine in the western city of Fallujah, an IS stronghold under siege by...

Istanbul/Brussels: More than 3,000 Turkmens and Arabs fleeing advancing pro-government Syrian forces in the north of Latakia province have crossed into...

Dubai: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday criticised the disqualification of candidates from national elections to be held later...