US Secretary of State Kerry meets King Salman in Saudi Arabia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met King Salman and other senior Saudi officials on Friday for talks expected to focus on the war in...
Arab coalition in Yemen sees victory "no matter what"
Gulf Arab coalition forces fighting Houthi militia in Yemen are advancing on the capital in a two-pronged offensive, generals told reporters on Monday at...
Erdogan calls Israel “fascist, racist” for nation state law
Turkey's president has slammed Israel for a controversial law passed last week in parliament defining Israel as a nation-state of the Jewish people.
Addressing lawmakers...
Iraqi PM to US: We Don't Need Your Boots on the Ground to Fight...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ruled out supporting the deployment of US ground forces in the country to fight against jihadist groups like...
6 migrant children drown off Turkish coast
Six Afghan children drowned after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's Aegean coast on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported.
Five...
Russia open to Assad's removal after Syria transition
Russia has made clear to Western nations that it has no objection to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stepping down as part of a peace...
Deal-Talks in Moscow as Syria violence continues
The Turkish and Russian presidents on Thursday sat down for talks in Moscow aimed at ending hostilities in northwestern Syria.
Both leaders underlined the...
Riyadh-based Syrian opposition wants transition without Assad
Syria's opposition wants a political transition without President Bashar al-Assad, the coordinator of an opposition negotiating body in future peace talks said on Friday.
The...
Tunisian police fire tear gas to disperse protests
Tunisian police fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of angry protesters demanding jobs in the central city of Kasserine, two days after...
ISIS fighters hit with 50% paycut due to airstrikes
The Islamic State (ISIS) militant group has been forced to cut its fighters' pay by up to 50 percent because U.S.-led air strikes have...
