Aid agencies call for full access in Syria as conflict enters 6th year
Humanitarian agencies demanded unconditional access to all communities in Syria as Russia continued on Wednesday to withdraw its military forces from the country.
In a...
Libya rivals declare unity Cabinet under UN plan
Representatives of Libya's rival factions who are sitting in Tunis and negotiating through a U.N.-brokered process announced on Tuesday that they have formed a...
Saudi Arabia sentences 14 to death for terrorism
Saudi Arabia sentenced 14 people to death for terrorism on Wednesday after they were convicted of attacks on police in the Shi'ite Muslim minority...
Iran has begun dismantling nuclear facilities: UN watchdog
Iran has begun dismantling parts of its nuclear programme, as agreed under July's landmark deal with major powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed...
Saudi Arabia: Major player on world stage
BEING the cradle of Islam, Saudi Arabia has an important place in the Muslim world. Moreover, it is the largest economy in the Middle...
Saudi Prince Mohammed says war unlikely with Iran
Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince, widely thought to wield considerable power in the monarchy, has given an interview to a magazine in which he...
Guard chief says Iran won’t increase missile range
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country has no plan to increase the range of its missiles.
The Tuesday report quotes the...
2 Syrian nationals indicted in pro-Assad hacking scheme
Two Syrian nationals were indicted Thursday in a computer hacking scheme that targeted the White House, Harvard University, U.S. Marine Corps and news media...
Syrian army starts using new weapons from Russia
The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military source told Reuters on...
Iran and Russia move closer but their alliance has limits
When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defence system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent...
