Middle East

The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar al-Assad's troops…

Lebanon's president asked Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri to form a new government on Thursday, after he won the support of…

Israel's Supreme Court president accused the country's right-wing justice minister on Thursday of metaphorically bringing "a gun to the table"…

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory, in his first message after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces started an…

Turkey's prime minister said he had no regard for Europe's "red line" on press freedom on Tuesday and warned Ankara…

After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate,…

A prince of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family was given lashes in a prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered…

Syria's army said on Monday the Nusra Front and what the army called other terrorist groups had killed 84 people,…

The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part…

The U.S., British and Italian foreign ministers began talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj on Monday to tackle a…