World / Middle East

Palestinian travel agent Nabil Shurafa stands at the entrance of his office in Gaza City February 4, 2016. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa     Shurafa travel...

  Tunis: Human Rights Watch has praised Tunisia on judicial reforms which it said amounted to a "significant breakthrough" in protecting the rights of...

  Rome: The UN's Syria envoy said Friday he was looking for confirmation that key international players were willing to push ahead with peace...

File photo   Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday blasted as "laughable" Russia's accusation that Turkey was actively preparing to invade Syria. "I...

File photo   Ramallah: Two Palestinian young men were shot with live ammo as clashes with Israeli troops renewed on Friday afternoon in the...

  Baghdad: Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will no longer provide weekly political messages that have had a major impact on...

  Athens: The huge flow of migrants and refugees to Europe via Turkey must be slowed, the interior ministers of France and Germany said...

From left: British Prime Minister David Cameron, Lebanese Prime Minister Tamman Salam, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, Turkish Prime Minister...

This file photo taken on March 16, 2015 shows forces loyal to Libya's Islamist-backed parliament General National Congress (GNC) preparing to launch attacks...

  Jerusalem: A court sentenced two young Israelis to life and 21 years in prison Thursday for burning a Palestinian teen alive, part of...

File picture.   Beirut: At least 21 civilians, including three children, were killed Thursday in Russian strikes on rebel-held districts of Syria's Aleppo city,...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks at the donors Conference for Syria in London, Britain February 4, 2016. REUTERS/ Dan Kitwood LONDON: Those...

Tanju Bilgic, the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, said the decision came after the Vatican on Wednesday praised Turkey’s willingness to open its archives...

  Beirut: Nearly 40,000 Syrian civilians have fled a regime offensive near Aleppo, a monitor said Thursday, as Turkey warned it was bracing for...

Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SVA 226 is isolated on the tarmac after its passengers and crew were evacuated following a bomb threat, at...

File photo of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops attacking a naval vessel during a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz in southern...

This file photo taken on January 21, 2012 shows Jalal Belaidi, also known as Abu Hamza, leader of the Ansar al-Sharia, an Al-Qaeda...

Syrian refugees receive aid baby packages at a health center at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the...