Middle East

Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its founding this weekend with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances,…

US-backed forces on Saturday seized a major natural gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province from Islamic State militants after…

Pakistan’s army says “terrorists” across the border in Afghanistan have opened fire on a newly built border post in recently…

Iran is working to restore a lost link in its network of alliances in the Middle East, trying to bring…

Turkey’s steps in response to a planned independence referendum in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region will have diplomatic, political, economic and…

Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and not seek any country’s permission, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday rejecting demands…

About five million people in Kurdish-held areas of northern Iraq will be summoned to take part in a non-binding referendum…

A Saudi cleric who said women should not drive because their brains shrink to a quarter the size of a…

Syrians voted on Friday in an election organized by the Kurdish-led authorities of northern Syria, the start of a three-phase…

Two rockets struck near Damascus airport at dawn on Friday, Lebanese TV station al-Mayadeen reported, an attack it said had…