Middle East

Beirut: Donald Trump's election as US president on Wednesday aroused concern among Syrian rebels and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where his victory...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi was the first world leader to call to congratulate Donald Trump on his US election victory on Wednesday, in a...

Cairo: Egypt's military has taken over the running of the country's smart card subsidy scheme, the government said on Wednesday, in the latest sign...

Beirut: The Syrian army said it had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would mark the most important advance in the divided city by...

Baghdad: A coalition of mainly Iraqi militias advancing on the IS-held town of Tal Afar plans to seize a nearby military air base from the militants, the...

Paris: France's Total has signed a deal with Iran to further develop its part of the world's largest gas field, becoming the first western energy...

Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an unprecedented vilification of the Israeli media on Monday, accusing a leading television...

BEIRUT: Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president. A Christian leader and close ally...

SINGAPORE/ANKARA: Iran has reached a deal with a foreign leasing company to finance the first 17 jets it plans to buy from Airbus, breaking a logjam in...

Beirut: US-backed Syrian armed groups have captured a number of villages in the first days of an offensive to retake the city of Raqqa from IS militants, a...