Saudi Arabia asks nations to respond to Iran with ‘firmness’
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront with "all means of force and firmness" recent...
Power failure in Iraq as militias outgun state
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came to office a year ago promising to rebuild his country. But the Iraqi state has grown weaker as power...
Iraqi protesters call for downfall of politicians
Thousands of Iraqis angry about poor services protested in Baghdad and the southern oil hub of Basra on Friday, calling for the downfall of...
Libya seeks extra week to form unity government under latest UN deal
Libya's presidential council said Monday it needs one more week to form a national unity government, after the country's internationally recognised parliament rejected an...
Yemeni resistance foils rebel attack in Taiz
Yemeni national resistance foiled an attacked launched by the Houthi militias and their allies in the Southwestern town of Taiz and inflicted heavy losses...
Families of ISIS fighters to leave South Damascus in UN deal
Hundreds of families of ISIS militants and some injured fighters are expected to leave rebel-held areas of southern Damascus under a UN-brokered deal, a monitoring group...
Saudi to overhaul floundering financial district and economic cities
Saudi Arabia is revising plans for a glitzy financial district in Riyadh and the creation of six industrial cities, after the projects were plagued...
King of Jordan warns Israel against changing Al-Aqsa status quo
Jordanian King Abdullah II again warned Israel Thursday against any move to change the status quo at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, while reiterating calls...
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...
ISIS leader probably not in convoy hit by airstrikes – Iraqi officials
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was probably not in a convoy hit by air strikes near the Syrian border on Sunday, senior Iraqi...
