Middle East

Syrian forces attack rebel-held areas of Homs, Deraa, Damacus: monitors

Syrian forces attack rebel-held areas of Homs, Deraa, Damacus: monitors

Syrian warplanes bombarded a besieged rebel-held district of Homs, southern Deraa and insurgent areas in Damascus's outskirts on Saturday in…
Iraqi forces launch push to retake western Mosul from IS

Iraqi forces launch push to retake western Mosul from IS

US-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of…
Baghdad car bomb kills 51 as IS escalates insurgency attacks

Baghdad car bomb kills 51 as IS escalates insurgency attacks

A car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55,…
Turkey steps up scrutiny on Muslim migrants from Russia

Turkey steps up scrutiny on Muslim migrants from Russia

Turkey has increased scrutiny of Russian-speaking Muslim communities in the past few months following a series of attacks blamed on…
Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77

Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77

Wailing Sufi devotees thronged a blood-stained shrine in southern Pakistan on Friday, shouting at police a day after a suicide…
Assad says Trump travel ban targets terrorists, not Syria’s people

Assad says Trump travel ban targets terrorists, not Syria’s people

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said President Donald Trump's ban on Syrians entering the United States targeted terrorists, not the Syrian…
Iranian president visits 2 Gulf states to improve ties

Iranian president visits 2 Gulf states to improve ties

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with the leaders of Oman and Kuwait on Wednesday as part of a two-state visit…
IS expands hold in border camp for Syrians: Jordan commander

IS expands hold in border camp for Syrians: Jordan commander

Armed Islamic State extremists are expanding their influence in a sprawling camp for displaced Syrians on Jordan's border, posing a…
Egypt brokers Libya peace roadmap, but key figures fail to meet

Egypt brokers Libya peace roadmap, but key figures fail to meet

Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between…
Palestinians caution Trump against abandoning 2-state concept

Palestinians caution Trump against abandoning 2-state concept

Palestinians warned the United States on Wednesday against abandoning a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel after a White House official…
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