As visitors stay home, Iraqi Kurdistan tourism collapses
Al-Amadiyah (AFP) In a normal year, Ahmed Hazem's mountainside restaurant would be teeming with tourists. But a nationwide curfew aimed at combatting the novel...
Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shi'ites
When the gunshots rang out, Ali, a 26-year-old Saudi Arabian Shi'ite Muslim, thought they were fireworks. But when he saw people running, he knew...
Putin picks Turkey over U.S. as the enemy
Vladimir Putin is studiously late for meetings with world leaders. Yet when it comes to an appearance on live national television, the Russian president...
Iran continues to deliver weapons to Yemen’s Huthi rebels
Tehran continues to deliver weapons to Yemen's Huthi rebels, The US military said Wednesday, following a second interception in less than three months, Tehran...
Islamic State gunman kills five at Shi'ite center in Saudi Arabia
A gunman shot and killed five people in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim meeting hall in Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot...
Britain's Blair says 2003 Iraq invasion played role in Islamic State rise
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group,...
Mosque suicide bomber threatened Shi'ites and Saudi soldiers
The Islamic State suicide bomber who carried out an attack on a Shi'ite mosque in the Saudi city of Najran on Monday threatened Shi'ites...
Saudi Arabia urges all Jeddah residents to remain indoors
Saudi Arabia's crisis management and disaster center on Tuesday urged all Jeddah residents to remain indoors due to heavy rainfall in the western coastal...
Syria’s Idlib IS-free after ‘surrender’: spokesman, monitor
The Islamic State group has been ousted from northwestern Syria's Idlib province after a final group of the jihadists surrendered to hardline rebels on...
Syria army cuts off main town in Ghouta rebel enclave
Syrian regime forces on Saturday cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the opposition enclave in a blow to...
