Middle East

Bahrain has given permission to a pro-opposition newspaper to resume publishing after a two-day ban that drew criticism from human…

Israeli authorities have declared their intention to force feed a hunger-striking Palestinian, his lawyer said Saturday. If carried out it would…

A retaliatory Israeli air strike on Hamas's military wing in the Gaza Strip wounded four policemen Friday, a Palestinian official…

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday…

Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, directed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday to take tougher measures against…

The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the…

Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province…

Christian clerics prayed in the ruins of a monastery not far from jihadist positions in northern Iraq Thursday to mark…

More than 240,000 people, including 12,000 children, have been killed in Syria's conflict which broke out in March 2011, a…

A commercial airliner landed Thursday at Aden's international airport, its director said, the first civilian plane to touch down in…