Middle East

Tal Afar Air Base: Convoys of military vehicles loaded with paramilitary fighters hurtled across desert terrain in northwestern Iraq towards the IS-held...

Beirut: Rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in the government-held part of Aleppo on Sunday and a barrel bomb killed a family of six in the...

MARRAKESH (Morocco): Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change...

Mosul: US-backed Iraqi troops expanded their foothold on the eastern side of IS's stronghold of Mosul on Friday, as the group pledged to mount more...

Beirut: Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-government forces as they tried to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo on Friday and...

Baghdad: An Iraqi militia said on Wednesday it was on the verge of driving IS fighters from an air base west of Mosul, a victory which would threaten the...

Beirut: Air strikes battered neighbourhoods around a children's hospital and a blood bank in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in a second day of...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have taken the name of former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who fled the country after his 2012 defeat, off airport watch...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a disputed bill that would retroactively legalise Jewish settlement...

Frankfurt: Iran expects to see "more rationality" on the part of Donald Trump once he assumes the role of US president and leaves behind what was...