Rome: The wave of migrant dinghies across the Mediterranean continues relentlessly, but the aid group rescue boats which have spent the year saving...
Rome: The wave of migrant dinghies across the Mediterranean continues relentlessly, but the aid group rescue boats which have spent the year saving...
NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi army troops and Shia militiamen have captured six more villages near Mosul -- along with a military base -- from...
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants probably killed more than 300 Iraqi former police three weeks ago and buried them in a mass grave near...
Moscow: Russian air strikes have killed at least 30 jihadists in rebel-held Idlib province in northwestern Syria, the defence ministry said in a...
BASHIQA, Iraq: For the first time since Islamic State militants swept into Bashiqa two years ago forcing him to flee, 61-year-old Barakat has...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish police detained the mayor of the southeastern city of Van on Thursday, security sources said, a day after arresting two...
BENGHAZI, Libya: At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting...
CAIRO: Mohamed El Baradei, who briefly served as Egyptian vice-president following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, recently recalled how he had been threatened by...
BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group said on Wednesday it is about to storm the Tal Afar airbase, west...
BEIRUT: Air strikes hit near a children's hospital and a school in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in the second day of renewed...
BAGHDAD: Islamic State terrorist group has caused massive destruction in the ancient city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said. The capital of the...
Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes bombed rebel-held areas in Aleppo and Idlib province overnight, a monitor said, a day after Moscow announced a...
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Belgium of being an important centre for supporters of both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party...
ANKARA: Turkey-backed rebels are just 2 km (1.25 miles) from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it...
JERUSALEM: Israel should be concerned about the deepening disconnect between Russia’s aims in the Middle East and its own goals, according to a...
MOSCOW: Russian military launched a new large-scale operation in Syria’s Idlib and Homs provinces Tuesday, Russian media outlets quoting the defense minister said....
Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Tuesday from a trip to France where he underwent medical checks, his office said. Bouteflika suffered...
Ein Gedi, Israel: A group of swimmers braved the sting of extremely salty waters to cross the Dead Sea from Jordan to Israel...