IMF expects $500 billion revenue loss for Middle East oil exporters
Oil exporting countries in the Middle East lost a staggering $390 billion in revenue due to lower oil prices last year, and should brace...
Saudi says coalition discussed Syria ground incursion
Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago...
Yemen government declares curfew in Aden after 17 killed in fighting
Authorities in Yemen's southern city of Aden imposed a curfew on Monday after violence blamed on suspected jihadists killed at least 17 people, pro-government...
Egypt sees World Bank funds arriving soon, looks for Saudi aid
Egypt expects to receive a $1 billion World Bank loan approved in December once outstanding paperwork is finalised and is negotiating to secure more...
Morocco arrests Belgian man linked to Paris attackers
Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent linked to the ISIS group and who had a "direct relationship" to attackers who...
Erdogan: Turkey suffering 'one of biggest terrorism waves in its history'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country was suffering "one of the biggest waves of terrorism in its history", vowing to crush...
Cautious steps as Libya's new government moves into Tripoli
Troops in balaclavas guard the gate and foreign diplomats arrive daily with offers of aid at Tripoli's Abusita naval base, where Libya's new U.N.-backed...
Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...
Update: Suicide attack on Saudi Shi'ite mosque kills 4
A suicide bombing and gun attack on Shi'ite Muslim worshippers killed at least four people in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, the interior ministry...
Saudi interior ministry names Qatif and Medina bombers
Saudi Arabia said a suicide bomber who attacked the prophet's mosque in the city of Medina on Monday was a 26-year-old Saudi citizen with...
