Middle East

Beirut: Syrian and allied forces backed by Russian air strikes drove IS militants out of the town of Al Qaryatain on Sunday after encircling it over the...

Tripoli: Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday it was working with the UN-backed unity government, which arrived in Tripoli few days ago, to...

Beirut: The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya has shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two of its journalists said on...

Brussels/Tripoli: Three Libyan political leaders opposing the UN-backed unity government are from Friday subject to European Union's economic sanctions,...

Beirut: The death toll from air strikes in the Deir Al Asafir district southeast of Damascus has risen to more than 30, mostly women and children, according...

San Francisco: Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year after the US company refused to give the Egyptian...

Cairo/Larnaca: Egypt's public prosecutor has asked Cypriot authorities to hand over an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a passenger plane and diverting...

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said he would present to parliament on Thursday his new cabinet lineup aimed at fighting corruption, in...

Moscow/Beirut: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his...

Tripoli: Members of Libya's UN-backed Presidential Council reached Tripoli by ship on Wednesday, defying attempts to keep them out of the city and...