Pressure builds on ISIS with twin assaults in Syria and Iraq
US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State (ISIS) group on Wednesday, in two of the most important ground...
ISIS ‘advances in Aleppo’ outskirts
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have captured several Syrian villages from rival insurgents near Aleppo, a monitoring group said on Friday,...
Syrian Army & Iranian allies advance near Aleppo with Russian cover
Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from...
Israel keeps its own counsel on Assad as big powers wade into Syria
Israel is no longer taking a public position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prospects of staying in power, its defence minister said on Tuesday,...
Gunmen snatch dozens of Tunisians in Libya
Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in western Libya to demand the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia, families and authorities said on...
Arab League to discuss Turkish forces in Iraq
The Arab League said Wednesday it will hold an extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss Turkeys deployment of forces in...
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...
Saudi Arabia aims for social overhaul in reform plan
Saudi Arabia's sweeping plans to overhaul its economy in coming years are matched by proposals for social transformation that extend to ways of tackling...
As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
Iranians are sceptical about that. But analysts across the region agree the depth of the crisis may be determined largely by the results of...
New checkpoints and fears divide Jerusalem's Jews and Palestinians
Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, more than a third of the city’s population, have awoken to a new reality: Israeli troops are encircling Arab neighborhoods,...
