Middle East

The Obama administration is preparing a plan to set up a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and send…

Around 46,000 people have been killed in Iraq fighting the islamic state militant group over the last year, a local NGO said…

Weapons supplies do not pose a problem in democratic countries, but do produce negative results in fragile states, said a…

A Palestinian man was killed in a clash with Israeli forces in the refugee camp of northern West Bank city…

Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers…

Israel's defense minister said on Tuesday he did not believe a stable peace agreement could be reached with the Palestinians…

Syrian insurgent groups attacked a major Syrian army base in the south of the country on Tuesday, rebels said, seeking…

Turkey's Kurds are hoping the electoral success of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) will advance their standing in parliament…

The EU on Monday renewed calls on Saudi Arabia to stop lashing blogger Raif Badawi after the country's top court…

Syria's prime minister said on Monday the government would give a monthly bonus of 10,000 Syrian pounds (US$37) to soldiers…