Syrian Army & Iranian allies advance near Aleppo with Russian cover
Syrian regime forces edged forward in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday with air cover from Russian warplanes, but faced fierce resistance from...
Saudi police capture man wanted for bombing and assassination
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a number of terrorist acts, including a suicide bombing that...
Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes
Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said.
They included 377 homes in the...
Israel keeps its own counsel on Assad as big powers wade into Syria
Israel is no longer taking a public position on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prospects of staying in power, its defence minister said on Tuesday,...
Tillerson to back N.Korea diplomacy, reject Syria’s Assad
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in remarks later on Tuesday, plans to say that he is optimistic about North Korea denuclearization talks and...
Nearly 30 dead in al-Qaeda attack and clashes in Yemen
At least 15 Yemen soldiers and 14 militants have been killed in an attack by al Qaeda on a military post in the eastern...
Nine youths die in Israel flash flooding: rescuers
Nine youths died Thursday after having been swept away by flash floods in southern Israel during a hiking trip near the Dead Sea, the...
Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Kirkuk
Gunmen shot dead a senior employee of Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Monday, the third company official to be killed in the...
Dubai ruler says Emirates to privatise government services
The ruler of Dubai says authorities hope to privatize some government services in the oil-rich country.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves...
Bahrain charges 24 with trying to set up ISIS branch in kingdom
Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of...
