Middle East

Fighter jets and bombers flew overhead as Rouhani told the Tehran crowd and a live TV audience on Wednesday that…

Is Israel a success as it turns 70? As Israelis commemorate the milestone this week, satisfaction and a grim disquiet…

The Syrian army began preparatory shelling for an assault on the last area outside its control near Damascus on Tuesday,…

A false alarm set off Syrian air defense systems early on Tuesday, the military said, denying earlier reports of an…

Turkish-German journalist and translator Adil Demirci was detained by authorities last week, one year after his ETHA news agency colleague,…

Women and children believed to have links to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group suffer “harrowing” sexual exploitation and discrimination…

Chemical weapons experts are due to arrive in Douma on Wednesday to probe an alleged poison gas attack, Russian officials…

Every Friday evening in Dubai’s bustling Deira district, a sandy lot is transformed into the ring of champions. It is…

An electrifying new documentary series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel’s European founders in the 1950s…

Syrian state-run media reported that the country’s air defenses confronted a new “aggression,” shooting down missiles over the central region…