Middle East

Beirut: Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from IS on Sunday, forcing the militant group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight...

Baghdad: The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents an offensive to recapture the city from IS...

Moscow: Russia said all participants in talks in Lausanne had agreed Syrians should decide their own future through inclusive dialogue and that the country...

LAUSANNE (Switzerland): Syria talks with a fresh format but few fresh ideas opened in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne on Saturday, with US Secretary of...

DUBAI: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for more transparency in elections due in May following allegations of electoral...

BAGHDAD: Around 55 people were killed in Iraq in attacks on Saturday that targeted a majority sect gathering, a police check-point and the family of a...

SIRTE (Libya): Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from IS in fighting that killed 14 of their...

Muscat: ​US military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi forces,...

Beirut: A senior rebel commander said on Friday that Syrian government forces would never be able to capture Aleppo's opposition-held east, more than...

Baghdad: IS has crushed a rebellion plot in Mosul, led by one of the group's commanders who aimed to switch sides and help deliver the group's Iraqi...