ISIS oil trade 'worth more than $500m'
The so-called Islamic State (IS) has made more than $500m (£330m) trading oil, a US treasury official has said.
Its "primary customer" has been the...
Assad ally declares candidacy for Lebanese presidency
A family friend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he will stand for Lebanon's presidency, a post that has been vacant for more than...
Americans oppose Trump’s anti-Muslim plan: poll
A majority of Americans oppose Donald Trump’s controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States, but one in four supports it, according...
OIC rejects Trump’s Mid-East plan
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's plan for the Middle East.
It called on its 57 member states...
Turkey sends in aid for stranded Syrian refugees
Turkish humanitarian groups set up camps in Syria and sent in truckloads of aid Monday for tens of thousands of people stranded on the...
Drone kills 4 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen
A drone strike killed four suspected al Qaeda militants in a car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday, local officials and...
Iraq considers a larger role for NATO role to replace US-led coalition
After an American drone strike on Baghdad which killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and a top Iraqi commander.
Iraq's parliament swiftly voted in favor of...
Brothers identified as Belgium bombers as manhunt intensifies
Two suicide bombers who struck Brussels were identified Wednesday as brothers linked to the prime suspect in the November 13 Paris attacks, as a...
Yemen warring parties swap hundreds of prisoners
Yemeni pro-government forces and rebels completed an exchange of hundreds of detainees on Thursday, an official said, amid a shaky ceasefire and as UN-sponsored...
Iran’s military holds annual drill near Strait of Hormuz – state TV
DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iran's military launched an annual drill in the Gulf near the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iranian state TV...
