Middle East

Beirut/Hangzhou (China): The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight...

Beirut: Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media...

Hangzhou: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and...

Hangzhou (China)/Beirut: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States and Russia were struggling to reach a ceasefire agreement on Syria...

Beirut: Syrian government forces and their allies recaptured areas in southwestern Aleppo on Sunday which rebels seized last month, after heavy bombardments...

UAE: Eid Al Adha holiday for public sector will begin on Sunday, September 11, while normal working hours for the public sector will resume on Sunday,...

ELBEYLI (Turkey)/BEIRUT: Turkey and its rebel allies opened up a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday as Turkish tanks crossed the frontier from...

Ankara: Turkey renewed air strikes on IS group sites in Syria on Friday, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which...

Beirut: Hundreds of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya began to leave the rebel-held area on Friday in what the government described as an...

Baghdad: A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighbouring districts, killing at least...