Middle East

Beirut: More than half of the nearly 500,000 Syrian children registered as refugees in Lebanon are missing out on formal education and a government campaign...

Beirut: At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged IS-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they...

Dubai: More than 10 people accused of storming Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January appeared in a Tehran court on Monday, Iranian news agencies...

Washington: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he had made clear to Turkey that it must provide genuine evidence that withstands scrutiny...

Beirut/Amman: Syria's army and allied militia fighters seized the only road into the rebel-held part of Aleppo on Sunday, tightening a siege around...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel reacted tersely on Sunday to a thwarted coup in Turkey, saying it expected a new reconciliation deal between the two regional...

Cairo: Audio from the flight recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 mentions a fire on board the plane in its final moments, the investigation committee...

Tripoli: Forces aligned with Libya's UN-backed government suffered losses from snipers and mines on Friday as they battled IS to win control of a...

Moscow/Washington: The US and Russia agreed to "concrete steps” to reinforce a sputtering ceasefire in Syria and pave the way for a political...

Dubai: Authorities in the Gulf countries of Kuwait and United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of security dangers to playing the wildly successful new...