BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies seized an oil pumping station from Islamic State in eastern Syria, paving the way for an...
BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies seized an oil pumping station from Islamic State in eastern Syria, paving the way for an...
NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi forces on Wednesday restored the Rabia border crossing with Syria following the withdrawal of PKK/PYD terrorists from the area, according...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: Some 7,000 Palestinian security personnel -- in both the West Bank and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip -- will soon be referred...
NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi forces have reestablished control over the Makhmour district southeast of Mosul as part of ongoing operations to retake disputed parts...
Baghdad: Iraqi troops launched an assault on the last Islamic State group bastion in the country on Thursday even as the Kurds said...
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to add 176 homes, the...
Jerusalem: The first Arab recognised by Israel's Holocaust memorial as a hero for risking his life to save Jews during World War II...
Baghdad: A vital force that helped defeat the Islamic State group, or a dangerous tool of Iran? Fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi are...
Tehran: Iran on Wednesday reopened one of its three border crossings with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, which it closed in response to last...
TRIPOLI, Libya: UN envoy Ghassan Salame arrived in Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday for an unannounced visit during which he is expected to...
BEIRUT, Iran opened a border crossing with the Kurdistan region of Iraq Wednesday after having closed it following last month’s vote in favour...
NINEVEH, Iraq: At least three Iraqi troops were killed Tuesday in clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq’s Makhmour district southeast of Mosul,...
NEW YORK: Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution allowing the extension of the mission that investigates the use of...
Erbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan proposed Wednesday to freeze the results of its independence referendum, which triggered a major crisis with Baghdad. Iraq has...
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron lauded deepening security and diplomatic ties with Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday, adding that he had...
ANKARA: Police arrested six suspects during a raid at a so-called educational institute run by Tevhid magazine in capital Ankara’s Etimesgut district for...
ANKARA: Turkey’s president said on Tuesday that the Turkish military operation in Idlib, northwestern Syria is all but concluded. Speaking to his ruling...
Baghdad: Iraqi forces pillaged and torched Kurdish districts in a multi-ethnic town near Kirkuk after recent clashes with Kurdish fighters, Amnesty International said...