Middle East

West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants an early exit of US troops from Syria, two senior administration officials said on...

Beirut: An Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon overnight between Friday and Saturday, the Israeli military and Hezbollah's Al Manar TV...

Cairo: Egypt's three-day presidential election drew to a close on Wednesday with little sign that President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi would achieve the high...

Gaza: A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of...

Beirut/Amman: The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish Al...

Jerusalem/Gaza: The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration,...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities pressed for a high turnout on Tuesday on the second day of a presidential election designed to give President Abdel Fattah Al...

Beirut/Amman: Thousands of people departed eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday, the third group to leave under a...

Baghdad: Iraqi armed forces will prevent Kurdish militants based in northern Iraq from staging cross-border attacks against Turkey, Iraqi Prime Minister...

Beirut: One is the grandson of an Armenian troubadour who fled to Syria in 1915. The other is a descendant of a Syrian army chief who died fighting the...