Middle East

Erbil: The declining effectiveness of IS attacks against Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul suggests the militants are starting to run out of resources with the...

Baghdad/Tikrit: An IS car bomb killed 24 people in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district on Monday, and the militants cut a key road...

Paris: France on Monday called on Russia to stop military action in Syria and respect a fragile ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Turkey seeking to end...

Mosul/Hilla: IS militants attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the...

Beirut: Syrian government warplanes carried out several air strikes and low-level clashes persisted in some areas on Sunday, but a Russian- and...

Beirut: Lebanese daily newspaper As Safir printed its final edition on Saturday, forced to close after 42 years because of financial problems as other news...

Baghdad/Erbil: Three bombs killed 29 people in Baghdad on Saturday as fighting intensified in the northern city of Mosul, where Iraqi government forces are...

Beirut: Syrian rebel groups said on Saturday they would consider a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey "null and void" if the Damascus...

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that the future of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was in...

Dubai: Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during air defence exercises, an Iranian military spokesman...