World / Middle East

Jerusalem: A leading minister called Mahmud Abbas Israel's top ideological enemy on Thursday after the Palestinian president suggested he could withdraw recognition if...

MALATYA, Turkey: Turkey arrested 365 suspected Islamic State terrorists last month, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. The arrests -- which have led to...

ANTALYA, Turkey: Turkey and Russia on Thursday called for a cease-fire as a first step to ending Syria’s five-year conflict. Foreign Minister Mevlut...

BAGHDAD: At least 15 children have been killed by Islamic State snipers over the past two days in the northern city of Mosul,...

ALEPPO, Syria: Civilians in regime-besieged neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo have faced severe bread shortages since Saturday, according to a local civil defense official....

Istanbul: Moscow and Damascus were not behind an air strike in northern Syria that killed four Turkish soldiers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

Beirut: Syrian government shelling killed 21 civilians, including two children, in an eastern district of Aleppo early Wednesday, a monitoring group said. The...

Aden: Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi on Tuesday accused Shiite rebels and their allies of dashing hopes for peace after they unveiled a...

Ramallah:  Israeli occupation forces early Thursday, arrested 16 Palestinians form various West Bank cities. Palestinian Prisoner's Club said in a statement that the...

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that Turkey would not recognize the new government formed by Yemen's Houthi movement in the war-torn country....

ANKARA: Turkish and Russian presidents on Wednesday had a phone conversation on Syrian city of Aleppo, according to a presidential source. Recep Tayyip...

ANKARA: Turkey has raised the minimum fixed tax rate on alcoholic drinks and raised the fixed tax rates on tobacco products as of...

LONDON: Solar power is becoming so cheap so fast that in Abu Dhabi it’s now less costly to produce a unit of energy...

Egyptian man died after a lion attacked him during circus performance in Alexandria, Egypt.    The 25-year-old trainer Islam Shahin, who was working with...

Beirut: A leading Syrian opposition body on Wednesday demanded the United Nations act immediately to protect residents of Aleppo, battered by advancing regime...

JERUSALEM: Israeli jets struck sites near the Syrian capital Damascus early Wednesday, local media reported. The Israeli military refused to comment but the...

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 45 civilians were killed Wednesday when Syrian regime forces shelled a group of refugees in Syria’s northern city of...

Mosul, Iraq: Up to 500,000 civilians in Mosul are facing a "catastrophic" drinking water shortage, the UN warned on Wednesday, as Iraqi forces...