Turkey says has duty to protect its soldiers carrying out training in Iraq
Turkey has a duty to protect its soldiers around the Islamic State-controlled Iraqi city of Mosul and they are there simply to train and...
Libya opens an embassy in Damascus
In a call to unite the two countries in their common fight against Turkey-backed militant groups, Libya's government linked to military commander Khalifa Haftar...
Saudi Naimi says global oil demand can absorb Iran output jump
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi said on Friday growing global demand could absorb an expected jump in Iranian production next year while the...
ISIS drives Syria rebels from near Turkish border
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town on a supply...
ISIS releases 270 of 400 civilians abducted in east Syria
The ISIS group late Tuesday released 270 of more than 400 civilians it had abducted during its assault on the eastern Syrian city of...
UAE plane crashed in Yemen due to technical fault, pilots killed
Two pilots died when a United Arab Emirates Mirage plane crashed in Yemen on Monday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations...
Human Rights Watch calls for aid to Iraq's 'starving' Fallujah
Human Rights Watch called Thursday for Iraq to allow aid to reach starving residents of the city of Fallujah, and for the Islamic State...
U.N. to restart Syria peace talks on March 9
The United Nations will delay the next round of Syria peace talks by two days to allow the cessation of hostilities in force since...
Syrian opposition not in Geneva on day of peace talks
A Syrian opposition official says the main opposition group is staying away from peace talks until they get a response to their demands from...
Putin tells details of Syria ceasefire plan to Saudi King Salman
Russian President Vladimir Putin held on Wednesday a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia's King Salman to present in detail the proposals contained in a...
