Middle East

Beirut/Moscow: The Russian air force and Syrian military are preparing a joint operation to take Aleppo from rebels, the Syrian prime minister was quoted...

Benghazi: Staff have been evacuated from three oil fields in eastern Libya because of fears of attacks by IS group militants, but production has not been...

Cairo: Egypt is confident of luring back millions of foreign visitors and putting a smile on their faces, according to its new tourism minister, despite...

Beirut: Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to S just a day after fighters captured another town from the extremist militants in a...

Moscow: A flydubai passenger plane crashed in Russia last month after being flown in a contradictory manner minutes before it smashed into the ground, a...

Rome: Italy recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations on Friday after two days of consultations between Italian and Egyptian investigators over the...

Washington/Beirut: The US State Department on Friday welcomed the release of an American citizen held by Syrian authorities and said it was working to get...

Beirut: A Lebanese military court on Friday increased to nearly 10 years the jail term for a former minister convicted last year of smuggling explosives and...

Paris: France's foreign minister on Friday ruled out launching air strikes or sending troops on the ground to tackle IS militant group in Libya, but...

Cairo: Saudi Arabia's financial support for strategic ally Egypt will no longer involve "free money" and will increasingly take the form of...