Syria ‘welcomes’ French statement on including regime in anti-ISIS fight
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Friday welcomed the proposal by his French counterpart Laurent Fabius to include the Syrian army in efforts to...
China's Xi opens refinery with Saudi King Salman
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi King Salman on Wednesday attended a ceremony to mark the opening of a joint-venture refinery, a symbol of...
At least 9 escape kidnappers in Iraq, cross into Kuwait
At least nine people who were part of a hunting group kidnapped in southern Iraq managed to escape and have now crossed into Kuwait,...
Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up
Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, but Damascus said the jet was fired...
Russia says ready to work with anti-ISIS coalition if it respects Syrian government
Russia is ready to work with the Western coalition fighting the Islamic State group if its members respect Syria's sovereignty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
Protests resume after Palestinian paramedic’s Gaza funeral
Thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of medical workers in white uniforms, took part Saturday in the funeral procession of a colleague who was shot...
NATO rules out sending ground troops to fight ISIS
NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against ISIS militants in Syria, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg told a Swiss newspaper, stressing...
Al Qaeda militants take over two south Yemen towns, residents say
Al Qaeda fighters retook on Wednesday two southern Yemeni towns they briefly occupied four years ago, residents and local fighters said, exploiting the collapse...
No damage seen on Iranian embassy in Yemen after alleged Saudi strike
Iran on Thursday accused the Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen of hitting its embassy in the capital, Sanaa, in an overnight airstrike,...
Congress questions sale of US residence in Israel to Adelson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has informally confirmed to Congress that Republican super-donor Sheldon Adelson is the buyer of the U.S. ambassador’s official...
