Middle East

Beirut: A top Syrian Kurdish politician suggested on Wednesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Iraqi government could mount...

Ankara: Turkey, Iran and Russia pledged on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to bring stability to Syria, underlining their joint commitment to the country a...

Cairo: Egypt plans to hold its first local elections in a decade in the first half of next year, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Egypt has...

Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday named new ministers for tourism, trade, sports and parliamentary affairs, state news agency...

Geneva: The UN humanitarian adviser for Syria called on Wednesday for access to the eastern Ghouta town of Douma, where he said some 80,000-150,000...

Tripoli: A Libyan appeals court cleared one of the sons of late leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday of charges of murdering a footballer before Libya's...

Gaza/Occupied Jerusalem: A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian medics said, raising the death toll from clashes...

Beirut: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attacked the United States and Israel for their roles in Syria before he boarded a plane for Turkey where he was...

Beirut/Amman: Syrian rebels in a besieged area northeast of Damascus have been told they must accept state rule or leave, a rebel group said on Tuesday, as...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the UN refugee agency to relocate...