Iraq closes borders with Kuwait and Iran amid Coronavirus spread
Amid fears over the spread of Coronavirus, Iraq has shut its Safwan border crossing with Kuwait to travelers and trade at Kuwait's request, the...
Guards killed in ISIS attacks on Libya's oil ports
ISIS militants attacked checkpoints near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider for a second day on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the...
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...
Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi who pushed Bush to invade Iraq dies
Ahmed Chalabi, the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed Washington to invade Iraq in 2003 with discredited information on Saddam Hussein's military capabilities, died on...
Israel seeks 'solution' over Egypt gas row
Israel announced Tuesday that it was sending an envoy to Cairo to find a solution after Egyptian firms were ordered to pay $1.76 billion...
IMF cuts Saudi growth forecast on oil slide
Growth in OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia will slow to its lowest rate in seven years, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, as oil prices...
Syrian insurgents say pull out of Saudi-led opposition talks
A powerful Islamist insurgent group said it pulled out of a Syrian opposition meeting in Riyadh on Thursday because rebel proposals had been ignored,...
Syria's new US-backed force faces teething problems
The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters announced they had taken over an air base outside a town held...
Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms
Iraq is opening more of its untapped oil and gas resources to foreign developers, hoping to boost revenues after its costly war with the...
Saudi FM says Assad should leave sooner, not later
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at...
