Middle East

A tentative deal has been reached to end a strike in a Syrian prison by nearly 800 mostly political detainees…

The airport has reopened at the Yemeni coastal city of Mukalla which was recaptured by government and Emirati soldiers in…

Lebanese headed to the polls for first time in six years on Sunday for municipal elections including in Beirut, where…

Three Spanish freelance journalists who went missing in Syria last year and were believed to have been kidnapped have been…

A senior United Nations official Saturday brushed aside an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a lecture on…

The US military said on Friday it had deployed a small force to Yemen to offer intelligence and logistical support…

Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah on Friday said Saudi Arabia was causing the collapse of ceasefires in Syria and thwarting peace…

Israeli aircraft hit two Hamas targets in Gaza early Saturday in response to rocket fire, the Israeli mlitary said, as…

The leader of Hamas in Gaza said on Friday the Islamist group was "not calling for war" with Israel, and…

Islamist rebels seized a village from government forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday,…