Middle East

Beirut: Syria's army staged a counterattack in northeastern Damascus on Monday, but there were conflicting accounts of how much ground it regained after...

Beirut: Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia that controls the area and will be...

Dubai: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday the government's economic policies had fallen short and called for a new...

Mosul (Iraq): Mohammed Ali and his family, carrying all their worldly possessions in a few bags, had been on the road for 18 hours since fleeing their home...

Beirut: Protesters in central Beirut hurled empty water bottles at Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri on Sunday when he tried to calm hundreds of people...

Beirut/Amman: Syrian government forces battled rebels on the fringes of Damascus on Sunday, after the rebels attacked from a residential district towards a...

Occupied Jerusalem: A dispute between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his finance minister over broadcast regulation sparked speculation on...

Mosul: Iraqi army helicopters strafed and fired rockets at IS positions in Mosul's Old City on Sunday as troops on the ground closed in on the strategic...

Tunis: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has been coordinating with military forces from eastern Libya and has "no reason to believe" it...

Washington: One person was in custody after a suspicious vehicle drove up to a White House checkpoint on Saturday night, the Secret Service said, after CNN...