World / Middle East

GENEVA: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said he is not expecting a breakthrough at Syria peace talks in Geneva this...

NINEVEH, Iraq: The Islamic State-appointed “governor” (wali) of Tal Afar was killed in an airstrike by Iraqi warplanes that also killed his son,...

Iraq: Iraqi security forces on Wednesday -- backed by air and artillery support -- began advancing on Mosul airport located west of the...

DUBAI: An online commercial released by Nike this week showing Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its...

BAGHDAD: US-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul stormed the city's main airport and a nearby...

A sentence uttered last Wednesday, February 15 by US President Donald Trump during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding...

Jerusalem:  The United Nations raised concerns Wednesday over newly announced demolition plans in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that...

Geneva:  Russia has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop his bombing campaign while peace talks take place this week, but a...

cairo: Thousands of mourners gathered in a small Egyptian town yesterday for the funeral of the Muslim cleric known as “the blind sheikh”...

Tehran: The United States should expect a “strong slap in the face” if it underestimates Iran’s defensive capabilities, a commander of the elite...

Jerusalem: Israel's environment ministry said yesterday  it would not renew the license of an ammonia container in the northern city of Haifa, less...

Geneva/Beirut: Rival negotiators arrived in Geneva yesterday for UN-brokered talks aimed at ending Syria's six-year conflict with persistent violence and deadlock over the...

Dubai: Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on Iranians attending Haj, state television reported yesterday, after Tehran boycotted the...

A fresh round of Syrian peace talks is set to begin in Geneva today. And while the UN-sponsored talks may represent the best...

Cairo: Representatives of Sunni Islam's prestigious Al-Azhar institution and from the Vatican held talks in Cairo on Wednesday following up on a rapprochement...

Vienna: A Syrian migrant went on trial in Austria on Wednesday for allegedly executing 20 wounded government soldiers in his home country. The...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces Wednesday said they killed 20 Islamic State members while advancing towards the Mosul International Airport. The militants were killed and...

BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies took a small district on the outskirts of Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday, a war monitor...