World / Middle East

Beirut: Several thousand people descended on the Lebanese capital Sunday to protest proposed tax hikes to cover a salary increase for teachers and...

Beirut: Taymur Jumblatt, 35, on Sunday took over from his father Walid as leader of Lebanon's small but influential Druze community and heir...

MOSUL, Iraq: Mohammed Ali and his family, carrying all their worldly possessions in a few bags, had been on the road for 18...

JERUSALEM: A member of the Palestinian security forces was killed during a shootout with gunmen in a refugee camp in the occupied West...

BALIKESIR, Turkey: At least two people were killed and 22 others injured in a serious road accident in northern Turkey on Monday.  A...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Two soldiers were martyred in the operations against PKK terrorists in Lice district of Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources...

ERBIL, Iraq: Turkmen political parties and groups in the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) declared Sunday that they want the terrorist PKK out...

JERUSALEM: Days after the Syrian army claimed to have downed an Israeli jet, Israel's defense minister on Sunday threatened to "destroy" Syrian air...

ANKARA: The skepticism of German intelligence that the Fetullah Terrorist Organization’s (FETO) head was behind last July’s defeated coup is raising questions about...

ALEPPO, Syria: The first batch of opposition fighters and civilians who were evacuated from the Syrian city of Homs arrived in Azaz city...

KARAMAN, Turkey: Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Sunday that the Turkish Armed Forces have carried out 11,738 military operations against the PKK terrorist...

BEIRUT: Intense clashes took place in Damascus early on Monday as the army counter-attacked rebels who had advanced in the northeast of the...

Tehran: At least one person has lost his life and five others have gone missing after huge sea waves caused by strong winds...

MOSCOW: Syrian government representatives will attend upcoming peace talks in Geneva, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing Deputy Foreign Minister...

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have suspended a preacher for his support for the Turkish position against the Netherlands after the latter barred Turkish ministers...

Baghdad: The Iraqi military said Sunday that six foreign members of the ISIS group were killed in airstrikes on western Mosul as security...

Baghdad: Baghdad Operations Command on Sunday announced killing 37 ISIS elements and destroying a number of their vehicles in northern Baghdad. In a...

Beirut: Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebels and jihadists launched a surprise assault on regime forces...