Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Paris on Tuesday under pressure from human rights groups to end...
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Paris on Tuesday under pressure from human rights groups to end...
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met two former dissident footballers who returned to the national team for its World Cup qualifying campaign after...
Beirut: The Islamic State group executed dozens of civilians this month in the Syrian desert, a monitor said Monday, in a gruesome massacre...
BAGHDAD: Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament set for Nov. 1 will be delayed because political parties failed to present candidates,...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Monday they had issued arrest warrants for 11 Iraqis including leaders in a powerful paramilitary group, in...
Beirut: The Islamic State group killed 116 people it suspected of collaborating with the Syrian regime in Al-Qaryatain this month before losing the...
Cairo: An Egyptian court sentenced 11 people to death Sunday on accusations they joined a "terrorist organisation" and attempted to kill two police...
Ramallah: The director of the Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies, Raafat Hamdouna, today called for human rights and international pressure groups to pressure...
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces today stormed the town of Silwan backed by a police escort, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque, amid...
MOGADISHU, A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday - mostly women farmers - in an area outside the Somali capital...
Ramallah: The Israeli occupation forces detained Sunday six Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS),...
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi parliament on Saturday decided to appoint judges to monitor next year’s parliamentary election. MP Ali al-Safi said the assembly voted...
Cairo: Sixteen Egyptian policemen were killed in a shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the Bahariya oasis in the country's...
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the U.S. could not be called a civilized country. "What do they call America?...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia’s president is set to declare a "state of war" against the al-Shabab terror group, a military official said Friday. President...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese judiciary on Friday handed down death sentences against two defendants accused -- in absentia -- of assassinating Lebanese President-elect Bachir...
BEIRUT: The Syrian army and allied forces recaptured a town from Islamic State on Saturday in central Homs province, where the jihadists have...
MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed an upcoming meeting of the Astana process on the Syrian conflict in...