Tunisia breaks up Daesh recruitment cells, arrests 11 suspected recruits
The Tunisian police has broken up three "cells" that were recruiting fighters for Islamic State and arrested 11 people suspected of trying to join...
King Salman arrives in Jeddah
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is being received by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, and...
Congress questions sale of US residence in Israel to Adelson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has informally confirmed to Congress that Republican super-donor Sheldon Adelson is the buyer of the U.S. ambassador’s official...
Pentagon giving up on building new Syrian rebel force
The U.S. is abandoning its goal of training a new force of moderate Syrian rebels and will instead focus on equipping and supporting established...
Saudi Arabia aims to salvage financial district
The plan to build a financial district from scratch was viewed by Saudi Arabia's neighbours as among the glossiest excesses of the kingdom's oil...
Saudi-led coalition troops seize main Yemen oil terminal from al Qaeda
Yemeni government forces and their Emirati allies took control of the country's largest oil export terminal from al Qaeda on Monday, Yemeni security officials...
Assad flies to Moscow to thank Putin for Syria airstrikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to thank Russia's Vladimir Putin personally for his military support, in a surprise visit...
Syrian rebel groups reject Russian-sponsored Sochi conference
Syrian rebel groups on Monday rejected Russia's planned Sochi conference on Syria, saying Moscow was seeking to bypass a U.N.-based Geneva peace process and...
Iraq PM appears in lead after first post-IS election
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's political grouping appeared in the lead Sunday following the country's first election since defeating the Islamic State group, after...
AFC moves Saudi-Iran Champions League ties to neutral venues
Saudi Arabian clubs will play Champions League matches against Iranian teams at neutral venues this year because of the lack of improvement in relations...
