Middle East

Palmyra: IS militants have severely damaged a major Roman monument in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, an antiquities official said after visiting the...

Istanbul: A Syrian air force pilot who bailed out as his warplane crashed on Turkish territory has been found by a Turkish rescue team and is being treated...

Benghazi/Tripoli: East Libyan forces carried out air strikes around major oil ports overnight as they sought to regain control of the area from a rival...

Baghdad: Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where IS is fighting off...

Amman: Jordan executed 15 people on Saturday including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the...

Geneva: Both sides in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes, including Syrian government aircraft that "deliberately" bombed and strafed a...

Mosul: U.S.-backed Iraqi army units on Wednesday took control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in IS's hands, trapping the...

Ain El Hilweh (Lebanon): At least one man was killed on Tuesday in clashes between militants and the Palestinian Fatah faction at a Palestinian refugee camp...

London: Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved in...

London: "Cowardly" Tunisian security forces let down the victims of a shooting at a beach hotel hotel, making "deliberate and...