Middle East

Some 26,000 people have fled in the 10 days since Iraqi forces launched a push to retake west Mosul, amid fierce clashes between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State of …

Syria’s air force carried out the September 2016 raid that killed at least 10 aid workers in Aleppo province by deliberately targeting a humanitarian convoy, a U.N.-backed probe said on …

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria is embraced by his mother at the start of is sentencing hearing at a military court in Tel Aviv An Israeli soldier who was sentenced to …

File photo: A view shows the damage at Fakhreddin’s Castle known as Palmyra Castle on the outskirts of the historic city of Palmyra Russian-backed Syrian government forces and their allies …

REUTERS photo Hundreds of civilians fled through the desert yesterday to escape fighting and privation in Mosul, joining thousands of others who left their homes as conditions worsen in the …

Turkish President Erdogan speaks during a news conference at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul President Tayyip Erdogan publicly criticised prominent Turkish newspaper Hurriyet on Tuesday, sending its shares and those …

Pro-settlement activists scuffle with Israeli policemen during an operation by Israeli forces to evict residents from several homes in the Israeli settlement of Ofra, in the occupied West Bank Israeli …

Several more rounds of Syrian peace talks will be needed to reach any accord, the U.N. envoy bidding to kick start the sputtering process has told the rival sides, setting …

DHA photo Five people were murdered per day across Turkey in 2016, according to a report from the Police Department and the Gendarmerie Command. Firearms were used the most in …

Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in west Mosul reached the city’s southernmost bridge on Feb. 27, a key step in efforts to defeat …