Middle East

Istanbul/Brussels: More than 3,000 Turkmens and Arabs fleeing advancing pro-government Syrian forces in the north of Latakia province have crossed into...

Dubai: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday criticised the disqualification of candidates from national elections to be held later...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned a stalemate in the peace process between Israel and Palestinians is reaching the point of no...

Amman: At least 60 people were killed, including 25 fighters, and dozens wounded on Sunday by a car bomb and two suicide bombers in a district of Damascus...

Baghdad: The United Nations appealed on Sunday for $861 million to help Iraq meet a big funding gap in its 2016 emergency response to the humanitarian...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for a more "sober" approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian...

Amman/Geneva: A delegation from Syria's main opposition group flew to Geneva on Saturday to assess whether to join Damascus government officials in...

Ankara: Iran has cancelled a London conference where it was set to introduce new oil and gas contracts to investors, the Seda weekly reported on Saturday...

Geneva/Beirut: The first Syria peace talks for two years were a "complete failure" before they started on Friday, a Western diplomat said, after...

Occupied Jerusalem: The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating...