Middle East

Gaza: An electricity crisis that has caused protests and unrest in the Gaza Strip eased on Monday after Qatar donated $12 million to buy fuel for the...

Beirut/Amman: Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for full implementation of a...

Cairo: An Egyptian court rejected on Monday a government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in a final ruling that prompted...

Mosul: Iraqi special forces battled IS militants in districts near the Tigris river in Mosul on Monday as they sought to bring more of the east of the city...

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...