Middle East

Iraqi special forces stand guard while displaced Iraqis flee their homes, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul Iraqi government forces fighting to drive Islamic State …

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkey’s foreign minister said he was going ahead with a rally with Turkish voters in Germany on Tuesday despite what he called shameful actions by …

REUTERS photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 9 to voice opposition to what the Israeli leader charged were …

REUTERS photo Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in Syria seized a key supply route to Raqqa yesterday as twin U.S.-backed offensives gained ground against Islamic State of …

A convoy of US forces armoured vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5. AFP photo Manbij …

US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a US travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial …

File photo: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters hold up their weapons in the north of Raqqa city US-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of Islamic State-held Raqqa …

Turkish President Erdogan greets his supporters during a Women’s Day rally in Istanbul The leader of Germany’s Turkish community on Monday accused President Tayyip Erdogan of damaging ties between the …

US President Donald Trump Iraq expressed “deep relief” at US President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Iraq from a list of countries targeted in a US travel ban, the Iraqi …

File photo: An Israeli border policeman aims his weapon during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah earlier this month A Palestinian gunman …