Middle East

Moscow: A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people on board, Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry...

Moscow/Beirut: The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the opposition surrender its...

Geneva: Air strikes by Russia and a US-led coalition killed civilians in Syria on a large scale last year, while the Assad government carried out unlawful...

Beirut:Turkish shelling and air strikes killed 13 people in the town of Jandiris in Syria's Afrin region on Monday, Kurdish militia said, while a war...

Beirut/Geneva: Aid convoys reached a crossing point into Syria's eastern Ghouta on Monday, a witness said, bringing the first relief to the besieged...

Vienna: Any collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers would be a "great loss", the head of the UN atomic agency policing the...

Occupied Jerusalem: A former spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a state's witness deal in one of the corruption cases revolving...

Cairo: A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday that a state TV talk show host be detained for four days of questioning for allegedly defaming the police, state...

Tehran: France's foreign minister visited Iran on Monday on a delicate mission to affirm Europe's support for a nuclear deal that opened Iran's...

Cairo/Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and Egypt set up a $10 billion joint fund on Sunday to develop a planned mega-city, committing more than 1,000 square kilometres...