Syrian army reaches Golan Heights after defeating rebels
Syrian state media says government forces have reached the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after capturing territory from rebels and Islamic State militants.
Al-Ikhbariya...
Oil to average just over $40 in 2016
Oil prices will average just over $40 this year, the biggest cut to monthly forecasts in a year, as an influx of Iranian barrels...
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...
Rival Libyan parliament chiefs meet but reject U.N. peace deal
The leaders of Libya's rival parliaments rejected a U.N. peace deal a day before moderates from both sides were due to sign it, highlighting...
Saudi Coalition Seizes Iranian Boat Carrying Weapons to Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen said Wednesday that it had foiled an attempt by Tehran to smuggle a huge...
Yemen PM, president in Saudi to discuss differences
Yemen's premier was in Riyadh on Monday to meet President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-led coalition backing their administration as reports emerged of...
Saudi king at G20: World must get rid of terrorist evil
Saudi Arabia's King Salman’s address at the G20 summit discussed the urgency to “rid the world of its evil” in the fight against terrorism,...
Aramco appointment confuses UN Human Rights meeting
The new appointment of veteran engineer, Nasser Bin Hassan Al-Amin as CEO of Aramco, was used to defend Saudi Arabia's position in a meeting with...
Syria opposition meets as ceasefire efforts intensify
Syria's main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital on Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.
"There is a...
Mazin Andijani explores the beauty of ‘thuluth’ calligraphy
Arabic calligraphy has seen its share of evolution since the birth of Islam and the beautifying of the Holy Qur’an’s verses were a form...
