Middle East

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he wrote the country’s supreme leader to protest a decision…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemeni officials demanded answers Wednesday after an Associated Press report highlighted a mysterious air base being…

MARDIN, Turkey (AP) — In the medieval Turkish city of Mardin, Medine Ereli calls out to a team of medical…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Oman fired tear gas Wednesday at demonstrators in a flashpoint city amid…

The United Arab Emirates said vaccinations against COVID-19 will be mandatory for people attending all “live events” from June 6,…

Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Major Israeli news outlets Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to halt what they said were social…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes between security forces and protesters left one person dead and over a dozen injured Tuesday after…

The main streets of Jaffa are eerily quiet, unusual for a Saturday in the central mixed Arab-Jewish city, which has…

President Bashar al-Assad, once seen as a reformer but viewed by his many foes as a tyrant after a decade…