Middle East

Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week’s announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major obstacles will remain…

An audio message purporting to come from the spokesperson of Islamic State called on followers to launch attacks in the…

“Islamic State” (IS) group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his…

Qatar has launched two new shipping services to Omani ports after a number of Gulf states severed ties with the…

Police in Iran killed four Islamic State suspects, two of which were foreigners, in the southern province of Hormuzgan and…

Qatar is ready to listen to the concerns of Gulf Arab states that have cut diplomatic and economic ties, Kuwait…

Iran has sent four cargo planes of food to Qatar and plans to provide 100 tonnes of fruit and vegetable…

Iran has arrested almost 50 people in connection with twin attacks on Tehran that killed 17 people last week, officials…

Citizens of the six Arab countries that severed diplomatic ties with Qatar Monday have ‘full freedom’ to remain in Qatar,…

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been released, according to the militia group who had…