Bekaa Valley (Lebanon): A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving two...
Ramle (Israel): Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on Sunday from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16...
Mosul: The leaning minaret of Mosul's Grand Al Nuri Mosque survived conquests by the Mongols and the Ottomans, neglect under Saddam Hussein, and air...
Gaza: Egypt sent fuel on Wednesday to the Gaza Strip's only power plant to help alleviate an energy crisis that has left the Palestinian enclave's...
Cairo: Egypt's top court has temporarily halted all verdicts on a contested deal to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia until it decides who...
Mosul (Iraq): U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul, military officials said.
The forces had encircled the militant...
Erbil (Iraq): Iraq's army said it had encircled IS' stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday after taking over an area to the north of the...
Amman/Beirut: Government air and artillery bombardments hit rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa, on the border with Jordan, on Tuesday after a...
Luxembourg: The European Union will consider sending a new security mission to help stabilise Iraq after the expected recapture of Mosul from IS, EU foreign...
