Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen's civil war, with residents facing...
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...
Top China paper says U.S., Russia playing Cold War game in Syria
China's top newspaper on Tuesday accused both the United States and Russia of replaying their Cold War rivalry by engaging in military action in...
Domestic focus may limit clout of $2 trillion Saudi fund
Saudi Arabia aims to create the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, a $2 trillion behemoth that can throw its weight around global markets, but...
2 million Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage
Pilgrims from around the world have begun moving from the tent city of Mina to the holy site of Kaaba in Saudi Arabia for...
Suicide bomber kills at least eight near Baghdad Shiite mosque
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.
The blast in...
Syria rebels seize key regime town on Hama-Aleppo road
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Syrian rebels, including jihadists, seized the last government-held town on the main highway between second city Aleppo and the city of Hama to the...
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...
ISIS release new video threatening more attacks
The Isis militant group has released a new video in the French language, celebrating the Paris attacks and threatening more violence to come.
The footage,...
Iraq's Qayyara oil fields won't return to production before Mosul retaken
Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State (ISIS), an oil...
