Middle East

Baghdad/Mosul (Iraq): Iraqi armed forces launched an operation on Saturday to capture the last IS-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military...

Beirut: Lebanon's government has reappointed central bank governor Riad Salameh for another six-year term, information minister Melhem Riachy said on...

Brussels: Representatives of European, African and Arab countries threw their weight behind United Nations peace efforts in Libya on Tuesday, calling on the...

Beirut: A car bomb exploded in Homs on Tuesday morning, Syrian state television said, two days after the city went back under full government control for...

Bethlehem, (occupied West Bank): U.S. President Donald Trump talked up the prospects of peace between Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday, saying he...

Baghdad/Vienna: Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih paid a rare visit to Iraq on Monday in the latest effort by the top oil producer to convince its...

Dubai/London: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without Tehran's help, responding to...

Occupied Jerusalem: U.S. President Donald Trump said in Israel on Monday he came away from a weekend visit to Saudi Arabia with new reasons for hope that...

Homs (Syria)/Beirut: The last buses carrying rebel fighters and their families left a besieged district of Syria's Homs on Sunday, completing a deal to...

Cairo: Egypt referred 48 people to the country's military judiciary on Sunday for suspected involvement in three deadly church bombings and accused them...