Iraq parliament bars Abadi government from passing reforms
Iraq's parliament voted unanimously on Monday to bar the government from passing important reforms without its approval in an effort to curb Prime Minister...
Heavy fighting breaks out in Yemen's Taiz city, ICRC says situation "dire"
At least 20 Houthi militia fighters were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen's third-largest city Taiz on Thursday, a day after they pounded it...
ISIS claims responsibility for attack in Homs, Syria
ISIS said it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs on Tuesday that killed several people.
The Islamist militant...
ISIS Claims Northern Syria Suicide Bombings That Killed 26
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for triple suicide bombings in northern Syria that killed at least 26...
Israel calls on Syria’s Assad to ‘get rid’ of Iranian forces
Israel's defense minister Friday called on President Bashar Assad to "get rid" of Iranian forces in Syria, warning their continued presence would only cause...
Russia FM: Syria peace talks expected to start 'in next few days'
Syria peace talks are expected to begin within a few days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, adding that Moscow was ready to...
Israel hopes spy Pollard can emigrate for US embassy opening
Israel hopes Jonathan Pollard, an American spy who served 30 years in prison for selling secrets to the Jewish state, will be allowed to...
Bomb attack targeting police rocks Turkish city of Diyarbakir
A car bomb attack targeting police on Tuesday rocked the majority-Kurdish Turkish city of Diyarbakir, wounding at least 15 members of the security forces,...
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since...
U.S. Navy leads 30-nation maritime exercise in Middle East
The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international trade routes against possible...
