Middle East

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of…

Reconciliation efforts have expanded to resolve the crisis between Qatar and Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain,…

Several thousand people took to the streets of Turkey’s two biggest cities on Thursday to protest against a 25-year prison…

Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country has signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the…

At least two people have died with hundreds more requiring urgent treatment at a camp for internally displaced people outside…

East African leaders said late on Monday they would try and push South Sudan’s warring sides to revive collapsed peace…

Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week’s announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major obstacles will remain…

An audio message purporting to come from the spokesperson of Islamic State called on followers to launch attacks in the…

“Islamic State” (IS) group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his…

Qatar has launched two new shipping services to Omani ports after a number of Gulf states severed ties with the…