Middle East

DUBAI: The deputy head of the Palestinian group Hamas vowed to keep close ties with Iran and to maintain its weapons, Iranian media reported on Sunday,...

Moscow: Russia accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa "off the face of the earth" with carpet bombing in...

Beirut: U.S.-backed militias said they captured Syria's largest oil field on Sunday, pressing their assault against IS in the east of the country. The...

Beirut: The Syrian army and allied forces recaptured a town from IS on Saturday in central Homs province, where the militants have lost vast territory in...

Occupied Jerusalem/Beirut: Five projectiles from Syria set off air raid sirens in Israeli towns on Saturday, prompting the Israeli military to say it would...

Cairo: At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout...

Beirut: Iran's military chief warned Israel against violating Syrian airspace and territory on a visit to Damascus on Wednesday, Iranian state media...

Ankara: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran would stick to its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers as long as the other...

Off The Tunisian Coast: Tunisian smugglers are offering migrants seeking a fresh start in Europe a new route from Africa to Italy. Thousands have made the...

Zakho (Iraq): More than three weeks after Iraq's Kurds voted for independence, it's business as usual at the bustling Ibrahim Khalil border crossing...