World / Middle East

Lebanese army soldiers patrol in Zahle during Lebanon's Bekaa municipal elections, May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher BEIRUT: Lebanon is holding municipal elections in...

  By Sidi Ould Abdel Malek  NOUAKCHOTT: Thousands of Mauritanians demonstrated in capital Nouakchott on Saturday evening to protest plans by President Mohamed Ould...

  ANKARA: Turkish warplanes destroyed bunkers, gun emplacements, and ammunition depots belonging to the PKK organization in northern Iraq early Sunday. Speaking on condition...

Egyptian policemen stand next to a police vehicle (L) that was attacked by unidentified gunmen on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, 08 May...

Leader of the northern Islamic Movement Sheikh Raed Salah gestures after leaving the district court in Jerusalem October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad   Occupied...

  Cairo: The Islamic State group's Egyptian branch claimed on Sunday a shooting that killed eight policemen south of Cairo, in a statement circulated...

  DUBAI: A Saudi soldier died in a gunbattle with militants in the western Taif region outside Mecca on Sunday, state news agency SPA...

A policeman stands guard as voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station during Beirut's municipal elections, Lebanon, May 8, 2016....

ANKARA: The Turkish military killed 55 Islamic State fighters in shelling north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday evening, military sources...

File photo of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed .   Kuwait: UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed affirmed that the Kuwait-hosted, UN-mediated...

Syrian children attend a class at a primary school in Aleppo's rebel-held eastern district of Shaar on May 7, 2016. AFP / KARAM...

Egypt is facing an insurgency that has killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen. Reuters    Cairo: Unidentified gunmen killed eight policemen dressed in civilian...

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY   RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, the Custodian...

People look on as war-planes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis on May 7, 2016. One person was killed and seven more wounded...

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the mediain Ankara, Turkey, March 23, 2016. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/ Presidential Palace Handout via Reuters   Istanbul: Turkish President Recep...

  HAMA, Syria: Anadolu Agency has obtained video footage from local activists that purportedly shows Assad regime forces firing on prison inmates at Hama’s...

File photo of Irani Revolutionary Guards. Reuters /  Morteza Nikoubazl   Tehran: Thirteen military advisers with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been killed in...

  Baghdad: Over 100 ISIS militants were killed in security operations in many areas in Iraq. The joint forces command said in a statement...