Middle East

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Islamic State militants had executed nearly…

  ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties have traded accusations of breaching a ceasefire in Hodeidah that was mediated by…

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has extended monthly allowances for government employees, military personnel, pensioners,…

  GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia, Iran and Turkey are close to agreement on composition of a Syrian constitutional committee that…

The UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL has confirmed the existence of tunnels under the Lebanon-Israel border. The announcement comes as the…

  Yemen’s flashpoint city of Hodeida was calm on Tuesday following heavy clashes that erupted after the UN-brokered ceasefire started…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon appeared to be edging toward clinching a deal to form a new national unity government after…

  Jerusalem (CNN) – Israeli troops used live fire to disperse protesters in the West Bank on Friday amid rising…

  BEIRUT (AP) — The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has…

Sudan’s president has become the first Arab leader to visit Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011.…