Middle East

Beirut: Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila's blend of indie rock and lyrics about social and political injustice has won a passionate following among fans...

Amman: Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and one was critically wounded on Sunday when their armoured vehicle hit a landmine on the Lebanese-Syrian...

Sulamaniya: Iraq's Kurds may consider the possibility of postponing a planned September 25 referendum on independence in return for financial and...

Dubai: Internal strains afflicting both sides in Yemen's conflict have deepened, as the U.N. warned that the failure of the country's political...

Beirut: The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to keep the oil and foreign ministers, two of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani's key members of...

Cairo: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Maliki on Saturday welcomed Egypt's closer ties with Hamas, calling on the group to bring an end to the...

Erbil: Iraqi security forces launched on Sunday an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat...

Dubai: Royal Dutch Shell has lifted a cargo of 600,000 barrels of crude oil from Libya's Zueitina port, its first from the war-torn north African...

Amman: A car bomb on Saturday hit the Syrian port city of Latakia with reports of injuries, Hezbollah's Al Manar television station and a monitor...

Beirut: The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an IS group's enclave on the northeastern border with Syria, as the Lebanese group...