After Netanyahu talks, Kerry says Israeli-Palestinian strife may ease
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday voiced cautious hope there may be a way to defuse Israeli-Palestinian violence that has killed nearly...
Syrian opposition choose ex-PM to represent them at peace talks
Members of a Syrian opposition body set up in Saudi Arabia last week chose former prime minister Riad Hijab on Thursday to represent them...
Syria peace talks struggle to get off ground
The UN special envoy for Syria faced an uphill task in Geneva on Monday to get talks to end the brutal civil war off...
Iraqi premier dismisses offer to freeze Kurdish vote results
Haider al-Abadi's office released the comments as the prime minister met with Iranian officials in Tehran, including the Islamic Republic's supreme leader.
The timing shows...
Erdogan’s policies driving Turkey to the edge, challenger says
President Tayyip Erdogan is driving Turkey "to the cliff" through ideological politics and a determination to control the central bank, the main opposition party's...
Lebanese Cabinet wins vote of confidence amid a crippling economic and financial crisis
Lebanon's new Cabinet won a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for it to try and tackle the country's crippling...
Saudi Coalition Seizes Iranian Boat Carrying Weapons to Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen said Wednesday that it had foiled an attempt by Tehran to smuggle a huge...
EU help in Syria as price to end migrant crisis, Erdogan demands
Thousands of migrants have massed at the Greek frontier with Turkey since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced last week that they would no longer...
U.S. steps up diplomacy, rebel support to end Syrian 'hell': Kerry
The United States is intensifying its diplomacy to end the "hell" of Syria’s civil war even as it increases support for moderate rebels fighting...
New rebel evacuations from Syria’s south
More rebel fighters with their families boarded buses to leave southern Syria on Saturday under deals with the regime, a war monitor said, after...
