Middle East

Istanbul: A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town of Jarablus from Turkey on Wednesday, marking the first formal return of civilians since...

Cairo: Egypt will host an international conference in March to coordinate humanitarian aid for Yemen, which has been devastated by a civil war, a minister...

Beirut: A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday,...

London/Singapore: Iran signalled on Tuesday it was prepared to work with Saudi Arabia and Russia to prop up oil prices as Tehran began to bargain with OPEC...

Beirut: Turkey-backed Syrian rebels would like to see a "safe zone" set up in areas of the border they are capturing from IS, but this would need...

Warsaw: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that a proposed meeting in Moscow with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be...

Paris/Baghdad: France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq and readying its aircraft carrier for deployment to reinforce foreign military...

Baghdad: At least nine people were killed in Baghdad late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by IS near a hospital in a central district, police and...

Amstrerdam: The Dutch government will assist Israel in improving water and gas supplies to energy-strapped Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...

Occupied Jerusalem: A parking garage under construction collapsed in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least two people and trapping several others under the...