Assad's trip to Moscow bolsters sense he may survive war
Russia's military intervention in Syria has deepened the sense that President Bashar Assad may survive the country's disastrous civil war, and his surprise visit...
Saudi border guard killed, three wounded in mine blast
A Saudi border guard was killed and three others were wounded by a landmine that exploded while on patrol alongside the border with Yemen...
US-Iraqi rescue operation 'foils ISIS mass execution'
US-Iraqi forces have rescued dozens of hostages held by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq after learning of their "imminent execution", the Pentagon has said.
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Iran stops doing business with Saudi as Nimr execution rankles
Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia deteriorated even further on Thursday as Tehran severed all commercial ties with Riyadh and accused Saudi jets of...
Israel to pay damages to family of killed Eritrean man
Israel will compensate the family of an Eritrean who died after being shot, then beaten by a mob, after being mistaken for someone who...
Saudi-led coalition strikes kill at least 50 in Yemen
Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed 50 people in Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound in the north and a house...
Yemen shells wound 2 in Saudi border zone
Shelling from Yemen has wounded two people in southern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's civil defence agency said late Thursday, in a rare breach of...
U.S. brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
Senior international envoys gather in New York Friday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to bring about a negotiated...
New rebel evacuations from Syria’s south
More rebel fighters with their families boarded buses to leave southern Syria on Saturday under deals with the regime, a war monitor said, after...
3 Al-Qaeda suspects dead in battle with Yemen loyalists
Three suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a clash Wednesday with forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in southern Yemen, local government sources...
