Middle East

Police staged raids across Turkey on Friday, detaining 21 people, most suspected of belonging to Islamic State, the state-run Anadolu…

Algeria was mobilising the army on Thursday after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes between Berbers and…

Prince Saud al-Faisal, who retired in April after serving 40 years as Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, died on Thursday, two…

The emir of Kuwait said on Thursday his country had thwarted attempts to sow sectarian divisions after last month's suicide…

An Israeli civilian is being held against his will by the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel said…

The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries has passed 4 million, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday,…

Israel and Palestinians marked one year since last summer's war in Gaza on Wednesday, with Hamas's armed wing boasting of…

Purported supporters of the hardline Islamic State group hacked the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog on…

The grinding conflict in Yemen has killed more than 1,500 civilians, the United Nations says, warning that millions of people…

Delays in efforts to form a coalition government in Turkey are buying time for President Tayyip Erdogan, heightening the chances…