Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded US support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying US-trained…

US intelligence fears nearly 30,000 foreign fighters have traveled to Iraq and Syria since 2011, many of them to join…

The Israeli military has suspended the officer in charge during an incident in the West Bank that saw soldiers assault…

France announced its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sunday, following its decision to expand…

Iran and Pakistan are the two countries that appear to have suffered the highest number of casualties in this week’s…

Iraq said on Saturday that its military officials were engaged in intelligence and security cooperation in Baghdad with Russia, Iran…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday pressed calls for an investigation of the Saudi hajj stampede, in an address to…

Injured survivors of a hajj stampede that killed 769 people have recounted their struggle to survive, trapped among a surging…

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he saw an opportunity to make headway this week toward resolving the Syrian…

One Saudi soldier and one suspected Islamic State militant were killed in a gun battle in northern Saudi Arabia between…