Middle East

QAYYARA (Iraq): Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under IS control since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to...

Geneva: The United Nations' top human rights official said on Friday that the siege and bombing of eastern Aleppo in Syria constituted "crimes of...

Qayyara (Iraq): IS launched a major attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in...

Sirte (Libya): Sheltering in tunnels, improvised bunkers and rooms fortified by sand-filled fridges, IS is holding out in the Libyan city of Sirte,...

Tunis: Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their profession, extending a series of...

Sheikh Amir (Iraq): A deep tunnel, booby trapped with an improvised explosive device, burrows under houses at the entrance to the village. Nearby, an...

Beirut: Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the...

CAIRO: Borrowing a cup of sugar from your neighbour has rarely been so contentious in Egypt. At supermarkets across the country sugar has all but vanished,...

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday that Russia's plan for a ceasefire will not mean any supplies get into besieged eastern Aleppo because...

Baghdad/Erbil: Residents of Mosul said IS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on...