Middle East

Supporters of Iraq's powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr began a sit-in outside the walls of Baghdad's fortified Green Zone…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said he would meet Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fayez Seraj on Friday to see how the…

The spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen has been quoted as saying major fighting in…

A 26-year-old American man who was captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, said he had traveled from…

Syria's three Kurdish-controlled autonomous regions voted on Thursday to approve the establishment of a federal system in the north of…

Vladimir Putin said Russia's military success in Syria had allowed him to order a partial draw down of forces, but…

Military intervention in Libya is risky and foreign powers would be better off supporting a military commander based in the…

The Arab League has welcomed Russia's decision to withdraw its troops from Syria, saying on Wednesday the move would help…

A top adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday Russian forces could return to Syria after withdrawing, and…

Israel has appropriated large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank near the Dead Sea and the Palestinian city…