Middle East

Beirut: Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between insurgents and government forces...

Minya(Egypt): Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient necropolis containing 40 stone sarcophagi, about 1,000 small statues and a necklace charm...

Amman: Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near the Syrian capital for a fifth straight day on Thursday, as the United Nations pleaded for a truce to...

United Nations: Russia wants the UN Security Council to meet publicly on Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria's eastern Ghouta, where...

Beirut/Ankara: Turkey warned on Wednesday that pro-Damascus forces would face "serious consequences" for entering Syria's Afrin region to help...

Algiers: Members of five teaching unions in Algeria went on strike this week over better pay and conditions, joining hundreds of colleagues who already...

Jerusalem: A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state's witness in one of several corruption investigations...

Beirut: Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their "turn to die" on Wednesday, after rockets and barrel bombs...

Beirut: Pro-government forces pounded Syria's eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people after the enclave's heaviest one-day death toll...