Middle East

Water to Syria’s Afrin town has been cut for a week, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after Turkish troops…

President Tayyip Erdogan said he hoped Turkey’s military and its rebel allies would completely capture the northern Syrian town of…

Israel’s government reached a compromise on Tuesday to avoid an early election, overcoming a Cabinet crisis over a controversial bill…

After a six-month blockade, the airports of the Kurdish regional capital, Irbil, and second city Sulaimaniyah will be “reopened to…

For the first time since its meteoric rise in 2012 amid the chaos of war, al-Qaida’s branch in Syria is…

Sara al-Matoura watched through a window as her one-year-old daughter’s chest heaved up and down under a tangle of medical…

Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have encircled the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish armed forces said on…

An explosion occurred on a Gaza road shortly after a convoy carrying Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah passed by on…

A UN rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive system…

The US warned at the UN on Monday that it would react to any chemical weapon attacks in Syria as…