Middle East

Tunis: The U.N. migration agency said on Monday it was trying to provide assistance to large numbers of migrants who had been held in the smuggling hub of...

London: Iran promised on Monday to give a "crushing" response if the United States designated its elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Negotiators from rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas group will discuss security in the Gaza Strip at unity talks in Cairo on...

Amman/Beirut: A Turkish army reconnaissance team scouted out Syria's Idlib province on Sunday, a senior Syrian rebel said, before an expected military...

Raqqa (Syria): A final assault on IS' last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on Sunday night, a field commander for the...

Beirut/Dubai: Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said U.S. regional military bases...

Ankara/Beirut: Syrian rebel fighters are launching a major military operation, backed by Turkish forces from inside Turkey, in a northern Syrian province...

Beirut: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the nuclear deal with Western powers Saturday and said that U.S. President Donald Trump could not...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces launched a final assault on Wednesday to capture Hawija, one of two pockets of territory in Iraq still under IS control, entering the...

Zurich: European countries will do their utmost to preserve a deal limiting Iran's nuclear programme despite misgivings by U.S. President Donald Trump,...