Middle East

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state-run media say government forces have captured a northwestern village and are getting closer to the…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Walid al-Aqqad’s Gaza home would be the envy of many an antiquities collector. Pieces…

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran asked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court has banned 136 websites and social media accounts mainly belonging to organizations and people…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has deposited $250 million into the central bank of Sudan to support its financial position,…

CAIRO (AP) — When Sudan’s protest leaders signed a preliminary power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council in early July,…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to…

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel commanders said on Monday they are ready to join Turkish troops in an offensive to…

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s supreme court on Monday ordered two former ministers to be taken into custody over suspected corruption…