Middle East

  A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule on Saturday as insurgent lines collapsed in parts…

Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard official said…

  Turkish journalist Mehmet Altan was released from prison on Wednesday, one of his lawyers said, four months after he…

  The UN Syria envoy warned on Wednesday of a full-scale battle in the country’s southwest, an area covered by…

  South Sudan President Salva Kiir and arch-foe Riek Machar agreed Wednesday to a “permanent” ceasefire to take effect within…

  Israeli aircraft and a tank struck a vehicle belonging to an operative of the Islamist Hamas faction that dominates…

  Syria’s army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa Tuesday, state media said, after a week…

  The Syrian army has seized a chunk of territory from rebels in the southwest, Syrian state media and a…

  For many of the thousands of joyful women packed into Tehran’s largest football stadium, their first ever chance to…

  Six months ago Serkan Ucar arrived in Doha to scope out business opportunities – away from his usual patch.…