Middle East

Tunisia’s parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial law granting amnesty to officials accused of corruption during the rule of autocrat…

Turkey on Thursday welcomed an Iraqi parliament move to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence. The parliament in Baghdad authorized…

Israeli banks are contributing to the proliferation of West Bank settlements by providing loans and mortgages for construction there, violating…

Saudi Arabia is urging people to report subversive social media activity via a phone app, part of an apparent crackdown…

The time is not right for an independent international inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed concerns within NATO over his country’s decision to purchase Russian-made missile defense systems.…

Syria’s civil war has been one of the modern world’s most brutal conflicts and one of its most heavily filmed.…

Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Kurds in Iraq gear…

Iraq’s parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence planned for Sept. 25, authorizing the prime minister…

Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country’s territory from militants, a…