Libya hit by jihadist attacks
After the NATO-backed rebellion ousted and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, Libya fell in the grip of competing armed factions seeking control. Along...
Libya unity government bid hits snag over defence portfolio
Efforts to hammer out a Libyan unity government are stumbling over the defence portfolio, an official said Wednesday, as the internationally recognised parliament set...
Syria truce task force meets as aid deliveries start
Aid workers on Monday made the first delivery of desperately needed assistance since the start of Syria's fragile ceasefire, as an international task force...
Fourteen soldiers killed in southern Yemen clashes
Fourteen government soldiers were killed on Sunday in a push to retake a southern Yemeni city from the Iran-allied Houthi group, military officials said,...
Oil prices drop despite OPEC forecast
Oil prices fell on Monday even as OPEC forecast a further tightening of supplies, as traders focused instead on turbulence across financial markets.
The Organization...
Israel disqualifies novel on Arab-Jewish love from curriculum
Israel's education ministry has disqualified a book depicting a love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian from school curriculums, prompting an outcry from...
Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi and Iran, fearing for IS campaign
Iraq dispatched its foreign minister to Tehran on Wednesday with an offer to mediate in an escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran, reflecting...
Saudi Aramco share listing will take time: chairman
Any share listing of state-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's largest crude producer, will take time, the company's chairman told The Wall Street Journal in...
ISIS kidnaps at least 400 civilians in Syrian city of Deir al-Zor
ISIS militants kidnapped at least 400 civilians when they attacked government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring...
Gaza: Hamas militants die in tunnel collapse
Palestinian militant group Hamas says seven of its fighters have died after an attack tunnel they were working on in north-east Gaza collapsed.
The tunnel...
