Middle East

Sohag (Egypt): Turn the clock back just over half a century and a contest between two men in the ancient Egyptian martial art of tahteeb could see the loser...

Gaza: Prime Minister Rami Al Hamdallah chaired the first meeting of the Palestinian cabinet in the Gaza Strip for three years on Tuesday, in a move towards...

Istanbul/Beirut: Turkey is luring militants away from the extremist alliance that controls Syria's northwestern Idlib province as a step towards...

Erbil (Iraq): Iraqi Kurdish leader and ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani died on Tuesday at age 83, Iraqi state TV said, a week after Iraq's autonomous...

Erbil (Iraq): Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is calling presidential and parliamentary elections for November 1, the Erbil-based Rudaw TV said on...

Gaza: The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a move towards reconciliation between Hamas and the mainstream...

Gaza: Hamas freed five prisoners belonging to the rival Fatah party on Sunday and Egypt sent a delegation to the Gaza Strip to oversee the group's...

Damascus: A 2,000-year old statue badly damaged by IS in Palmyra went on display on Sunday in Damascus after being restored. The Lion of Al Lat statue was...

Beirut: Lebanon's Hezbollah accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday of pushing the region to war in Syria, Lebanon...

Baghdad/Erbil (Iraq): Baghdad piled pressure on Iraq's Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while...