Fourteen soldiers killed in southern Yemen clashes
Fourteen government soldiers were killed on Sunday in a push to retake a southern Yemeni city from the Iran-allied Houthi group, military officials said,...
ISIS drives Syria rebels from near Turkish border
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town on a supply...
UN: No Syria talks for 2-3 weeks
There will be no new round of Syria talks for at least two or three weeks, the office of U.N.special envoy for Syria Staffan...
Al Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses
Al Qaeda may have been pushed out of the enclave it carved out in Yemen as the country descended into civil war, but the...
Iraqi PM asks protesters to stay home to aid Fallujah push
Iraq's prime minister appealed on Thursday to Iraqis to postpone the weekly protests due the following day so that security forces can focus on...
Saudi says talks with Iran on Hajj 'positive'
Saudi Arabia said talks on Wednesday with visiting Iranian delegates on arrangements for Hajj pilgrims from the Islamic republic have been "positive".
Earlier this month,...
UN envoy says radically more must be done for Middle East peace
Palestinians in Gaza are growing ever more desperate and unless "radically more" is done to address the situation, it is only a matter of...
Saudi-Iran tensions may threaten any OPEC deal
OPEC's thorniest dilemma of the past year - at least from a purely oil standpoint - is about to disappear.
Less than six months after...
Pressure builds on ISIS with twin assaults in Syria and Iraq
US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State (ISIS) group on Wednesday, in two of the most important ground...
Yemen peace talks 'closer' to agreement: UN envoy
The UN envoy said Wednesday that Yemen's warring parties were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he prepared to brief the...
