Middle East

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria on Thursday reopened Damascus airport for regular international commercial traffic after a six-month halt due to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Dubai-based construction company that helped build the world’s tallest building and other engineering…

BEIRUT (AP) — The lead investigator into the August blast at Beirut’s port that killed and wounded many people issued…

GAZA (Reuters) – The coronavirus may have been slow to reach the sealed-off Gaza Strip, but Palestinians in the densely…

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Arab leaders headed to Kuwait on Thursday to offer condolences for the death of its ruler Sheikh…

KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden truck into a checkpoint in Afghanistan late on Wednesday killing 11…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The trial of a US citizen who is also a Saudi national began Wednesday…

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan warned on Wednesday it could be forced to return to a full lockdown, potentially devastating its…

SULAIMANIYA/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iran-backed militias launched rockets targeting US troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s foreign minister on Wednesday said his country hopes the US will “reconsider” its decision to close…