Middle East

Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the US-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions…

Hamas played down on Sunday the possibility that the energy crisis in the Gaza Strip would lead to renewed hostilities…

Gaza’s Hamas rulers have said that Israel has begun to cut back already limited electricity supplies — a step that…

Malian security forces have killed five militants involved in an attack at the weekend on a luxury resort popular with…

The US military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with Americans…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has issued a royal decree that restructures the country’s system for prosecutions, essentially stripping…

Iraqi forces captured Saturday a border crossing point to Syria from the Islamic State group, increasing pressure on the extremists…

The Twitter account of the Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera has been returned after being suspended by the website. “The official account…

Palestinian militant factions denied on Saturday a claim by Islamic State that three Palestinian men who carried out a fatal…

The U.S. Senate’s decision to impose new sanctions on Iran is an “unquestionable” violation of a nuclear deal reached in…