Ankara: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally...
Ankara: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally...
Benghazi, Libya: Benghazi port in east Libya reopened Sunday for the first time in three years after being forced to cease operations because...
DAMASCUS: A 2,000-year old statue badly damaged by Islamic State in Palmyra went on display on Sunday in Damascus after being restored. The...
Beirut: Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday, in...
Beirut: The Islamic State group on Sunday seized a town in central Syria known as a symbol of religious coexistence in a surprise...
ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained a suspect on Saturday in relation with the fatal stabbings of a Syrian anti-Assad activist and her journalist daughter...
HOMS, Syria: At least seven civilians were killed in an overnight shelling by regime forces in western Syria, according to local activists on...
Basra, Iraq: A veteran fighter known as "the sheikh of snipers" has been killed in Iraq's battle to retake the town of Hawija...
Tehran: Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the region's controversial independence referendum,...
Kobane, Syria: Just after sunrise outside Syria's Raqa, dozens of Islamic State group jihadists donned Kurdish military uniforms, piled into cars with weapons,...
Beirut: At least 28 civilians were killed in air strikes on northwestern Syria where a planned safe zone has been overshadowed by a...
Irbil: Iraq’s military was preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region as a flight ban halted all...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international...
Arbil, Iraq: More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on...
Beirut: Lebanon's and Egypt's national carriers will halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil this week at the request of the...
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week's vote on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. "The referendum...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday requested foreign airlines suspend flights to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area by Friday. The move...
JERUSALEM: Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation's...
