Middle East

Syria's government said Sunday that Islamic State militants slaughtered 300 people in an "appalling massacre" committed in the eastern city…

Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when world powers lifted crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic in…

At least 35 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed on Saturday in a multi-front attack by the Islamic State…

The European Union on Saturday condemned as "extremely worrying" Turkey's arrest of around 20 academics who signed a petition criticizing…

Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other jihadist groups,…

A drone attack believed to have been carried out by US forces killed three suspected Al-Qaeda members traveling in a…

A much anticipated campaign to recapture Iraq's northern city of Mosul from Islamic State is unlikely to happen this year,…

International sanctions on Iran will be lifted on Saturday when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issues its final report…

A new Israeli bill targeting leftwing NGOs has prompted comparisons with the climate of hatred two decades ago and drawn…

UN children's fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya,…