Middle East

The United States said on Wednesday it had agreed with Russia to extend a cessation of hostilities agreement to include…

The chance of unintentional confrontation between foreign powers involved in Syria has risen as its five-year-old conflict turns into a…

UN backed peace talks to end Yemen's civil war will resume on Wednesday after they were suspended by the Yemeni…

For years after the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had an outsized influence on the…

Amnesty International said on Tuesday Iraq is holding more than 1,000 detainees, some as young as 15, without charge in…

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he was deeply concerned about the state of the ceasefire in Syria…

Members of Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition traded kicks and punches and threw water at each other…

A German government official denied on Sunday a magazine report which said Berlin might end its unconditional support for Israel…

Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the…

Protesters camped out in Baghdad's Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing…