Middle East

Istanbul (CNN) – Turkish pop star Gulsen Colakoglu has been jailed pending trial on charges of “inciting or insulting the…

(CNN) – El Shafee Elsheikh, a British ISIS fighter and member of the execution cell dubbed “the ISIS Beatles” because…

(CNN) – Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a…

Washington (CNN) – Shortly before the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Defense Department created a task force responsible for handling…

(CNN) – The US carried out additional airstrikes targeting enemy positions and rocket launchers near Deir ez-Zor in northeast Syria…

(CNN) – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has again called on Iran to explain why traces…

Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) – Wednesday marks six months since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine. As Russia bombs…

(CNN) – At least 23 people have died and 140 been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across…

Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) – Hezbollah capped off the 40th anniversary of its founding on Monday with large-scale celebrations on…

(CNN) – President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria on Tuesday, a little over a week after…