Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin Talks on consolidating the Syrian ceasefire held in Kazakhstan this year helped jumpstart the United Nations-led peace negotiations in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on …

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers stand around a fire at their field camp outside Mosul, Iraq, February 26, 2017. REUTERS photo U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul on Sunday, …

AFP photo The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East made a secret trip to northern Syria on Feb. 24 to meet a U.S.-backed alliance fighting the Islamic State …

Iran launched naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean on Sunday, a naval commander said, as tensions with the United States escalated after U.S President …

People demonstrating against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad’s government hold a banner during the Geneva IV conference on Syria on the Place des Nations in front of the UN in Geneva …

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir made a rare visit to Baghdad on Fe. 25, meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the premier’s media office said. It was the first …

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim  Turkey’s prime minister called on the public on Saturday to back constitutional change that would greatly strengthen President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers, portraying the reform as …

Homs has suffered repeated bombings Militants attacked two Syrian security offices in the western city of Homs on Saturday with guns and suicide bombers, killing at least 42 people including …

Four bombs went off on Saturday near a minor pipeline from an oilfield close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, security and oil industry sources said. The pipeline delivers …

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) car bomb attack killed at least 27 civilians and six Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in northern Syria’s strategic al-Bab area …