Middle East

Kurdish Peshmerga forces retook a swath of northern Iraq late last month from Islamic State and days later American forces…

Gernot Erler, the German government’s point man on Russia, urged the United Nations on Thursday to seek sanctions against Syria…

Israel approved on Wednesday 284 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, drawing a U.S. accusation…

Turkey wants to clear Islamic State from a 90-km (56-mile) stretch of territory on the Syrian side of its border,…

Some places take much of their beauty from their secluded location, far from the bustle and noise of city life.…

Islamic State said on Tuesday one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in what appeared to be…

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Wednesday the Iranian-allied Houthi movement would not be allowed to take over Yemen, as…

Russia questioned on Tuesday a report by the United Nations and a global chemical weapons watchdog that blamed Syrian government…

Fire swept through a 28-storey skyscraper under construction in central Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest in a series of…

The head of a Houthi-backed ruling council pledged readiness on Monday to resume negotiations on ending Yemen's war but reserved…