Middle East

Dubai: Iranian security forces have arrested eight hardliners suspected of planning attacks to disrupt celebrations in the past week, Intelligence Minister...

Beirut: The Syrian opposition will announce on Saturday its delegates for the next round of UN-based peace talks in Geneva planned for later this month, the...

Dubai: Iran has again allowed Russian planes to use its airspace during recent operations in Syria, a senior Iranian security official was quoted as saying...

Baghdad: Iraq won't take part in any regional or international conflicts, Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi told state TV on Saturday. The comment came...

Baghdad: An Iraqi policeman was killed and seven others wounded in clashes with protesters loyal to prominent cleric Moqtada Al Sadr who had gathered in...

United Nations: The United States has objected to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' choice of former Palestinian prime minister Salam...

Ankara: Turkish forces have entered an Islamic State stronghold in northern Syria and have begun clearing it of jihadist militants, according to a spokesman...

Ankara/Beirut: Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish military have captured the outskirts of the IS-held city of Al Bab in northern Syria, the Turkish...

Beirut: Syrian government jets bombed a rebel-held district of Homs city in the west of the country on Wednesday, killing several people, rescue workers and...

Beirut: Amira Al Qassab and her family flitted from one Iraqi city to another fleeing IS, then waited three years in Beirut until they were cleared to move...