Middle East

The evacuation of rebel-held eastern Aleppo due to start at dawn has been delayed, perhaps until Thursday, with an opposition…

The UN children's agency (UNICEF) said Tuesday that about 35,000 children have fled from Mosul since Iraqi forces and a…

The head of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has told US officials it will invest US$10 billion in infrastructure projects inside…

Syria's army and its allies have taken full control over all the Aleppo districts abandoned by rebels during their retreat…

Turkish police detained nearly 200 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) officials on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants, after…

The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the "Islamic State"-held city of al-Bab in Syria, urging civilians to seek shelter,…

Only about 1,200 Christians remain in Gaza -- only a tiny fraction of the population in a territory run by…

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the U.S.-backed military campaign…

When President Bashar al-Assad turns from the wreckage of Aleppo to assert his authority across a fractured Syria, it will…

Two bombs exploded less than a minute apart, killing 29 people and wounding 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul…