Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon went into lockdown and Iraqis prepared for a curfew Monday as part of regional efforts to…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the detention of hundreds of government officials, including military and security officers,…

RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has long been known for its use of technology to track the movements of Palestinian militants.…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A 78-year-old member of the Iranian clerical body that chooses the country’s supreme leader has died…

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — “There’s nothing now. Nothing at all,” said Yasser Aboud, as he looked away from his family’s…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were being taken into quarantine…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel’s Arab party on Sunday to…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Turkey were forced to cut short their first joint patrol along the M4 highway linking…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official leading the response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East on Sunday…