Middle East

The Islamic State group recaptured Albu Kamal in eastern Syria on Saturday after a fierce fightback to save the last…

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen’s Houthi movement will allow the resumption of international commercial flights to the country,…

Bahrain said an explosion which caused a fire at its main oil pipeline on Friday was caused by “terrorist” sabotage,…

Lebanon’s president has told foreign ambassadors that the country’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri, who resigned suddenly last week in Saudi…

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday issued a statement in which they agreed to continue…

Israel shot down a Syrian spy drone over the Golan Heights on Saturday, the Israeli military said. The drone was…

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group’s…

Just when things were starting to look up for Lebanon’s economy, a new political crisis threatens to send it crashing…

Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of…

The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes on the defence ministry in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses and…