Middle East

Dubai: Iran's parliament passed a five-year economic development plan on Sunday that includes a sharp rise in foreign investment, though Tehran may not...

Tripoli: Western Libya was plunged into darkness late on Saturday as a blackout already affecting the south spread to the capital, Tripoli, and other major...

Amman: Jordan's King Abdullah II reshuffled his cabinet but retained Hani Mulki as prime minister on Sunday, granting him more scope to tackle the...

Beirut: The Syrian army and allied militia clashed with rebels in Wadi Barada near Damascus on Sunday, threatening to disrupt planned repair works to a...

Baghdad: Iraqi special forces swept through the campus of Mosul University on Sunday to clear it of any remaining IS militants after taking full control of...

Mosul: Iraqi special forces drove back IS militants in the strategic Mosul University campus on Saturday while elite police units took over large areas...

Beirut: IS militants launched their biggest attack in months on government-held areas of the Syrian city of Deir Al Zor on Saturday, leaving dozens of dead,...

Near Mosul: Civilians and soldiers wounded as Iraqi forces attempt to retake Mosul from IS are receiving treatment in a high-tech field hospital about 20km...

Vatican City: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Middle East with Pope Francis on Saturday and said prospects for peace there will suffer if...

Mosul: Iraqi forces made new advances against IS in eastern Mosul and fought the militants in areas near the Tigris river on Wednesday, military officials...