Middle East

Baghdad: Foreign special forces have been carrying out raids on an IS stronghold in northern Iraq ahead of an offensive planned later this year to retake...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli police killed in a shootout on Friday an Arab citizen wanted for a January 1 gun rampage in Tel Aviv, the security services...

Beirut: Syrian rebels said President Bashar Al Assad's opponents are under international pressure to make concessions that would prolong the conflict,...

Gaza: The Gaza Strip's struggling healthcare system will get some much needed help in 2016 after the first new hospital in a decade opened its doors in...

Benghazi: Fires caused by fighting between IS militants and guards near Libya's biggest oil ports have spread to five oil storage tanks that were still...

Tunis: A senior member of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi's ruling party said on Wednesday he plans to break away and form a new political movement...

Dubai: President Hassan Rouhani asked Iran's judiciary on Wednesday to urgently prosecute the people who attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Members...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli...

Benghazi: IS militants attacked checkpoints near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider for a second day on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the port was set on...

Dubai: Iran unveiled a new underground missile depot on Tuesday with state television showing Emad precision-guided missiles in store which the United...