Middle East

Beirut/Moscow: Syria's branch of Al Qaeda, one of its most powerful rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting against the government and its...

Riyadh: Kuwait and Qatar on Wednesday followed the example of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in urging their citizens to avoid travel to...

Misrata (Libya): IS militants briefly entered the centre of the western Libyan city of Sabratha during overnight clashes with local military brigades before...

Beirut: Syria's main opposition group said it has yet to commit to a US-Russian plan to stop fighting in Syria on Saturday, underlining rebel doubts...

Cairo: Egypt's president said on Wednesday a Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage its tourism...

Beirut: Iran will pay thousands of dollars to families of Palestinians killed in a wave of anti-Israeli protests and violence, or whose homes have been...

Beirut: IS militants were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army battled to retake the...

Dubai: The buzzing crowds and human chains of Iran's election in 2009 may be nowhere to be seen ahead of Friday's poll but the activists who fired...

Cairo: Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a UN humanitarian official...

Washington: The United States and Russia announced plans for a cessation of hostilities in Syria would take effect on Saturday but exclude militants from...