Middle East

President Bashar al-Assad claimed Western powers are "becoming much weaker" in Syria, in a confident interview published in The Sunday…

Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shi'ite pilgrims…

Turkish authorities ordered the formal arrest of nine staff members of a leading opposition newspaper on Saturday and detained more…

China will expand its involvement in political efforts to end the fighting in Syria, but limit its direct participation to…

Iraqi troops advancing towards Mosul battled on Saturday for the last town left between them and the Islamic State stronghold…

China's extravagant display of military might at its largest airshow this week, overlooking the disputed South China Sea, comes as…

Old disputes between Saudi Arabia and rival Iran resurfaced at a meeting of OPEC experts last week, with Riyadh saying…

Iraqi special forces recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, a military statement said, expanding the army's foothold in…

Paris authorities began an operation early Friday to clear more than 3,000 migrants from a camp in the northeast of…

A 10-hour Russian-declared ceasefire for opposition-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo began on Friday morning with the goal of…