Middle East

Geneva: Tens of thousands of civilians could be used as human shields by IS fighters defending their stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the...

Baghdad: A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security check-point south of Baghdad on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 25,...

Luxembourg: The European Union on Monday condemned Russia's air campaign in Syria, saying it may be guilty of war crimes, and it vowed to impose more...

Sirte (Libya): US aircraft hit IS targets with more 30 strikes over the last three days on the Libyan city of Sirte as pro-government forces push into its...

CAIRO: Egypt passed legislation on Monday to crack down on people traffickers linked to a major surge in the numbers of migrants departing from the...

Beirut: Fourteen members of one family were killed in an air strike in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Monday, emergency service workers said, as the Syrian...

East of Mosul/Baghdad: Iraqi government forces launched a US-backed offensive on Monday to drive IS from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to...

Beirut: Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from IS on Sunday, forcing the militant group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight...

Baghdad: The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents an offensive to recapture the city from IS...

Moscow: Russia said all participants in talks in Lausanne had agreed Syrians should decide their own future through inclusive dialogue and that the country...