Myriad Mideast messes await Tillerson on visit to region
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is embarking this weekend on a five-nation tour of the Middle East.
From his first stop in Egypt to...
Turkey shoots downs a drone close to Syria border
The Turkish military on Friday said it had downed an "air vehicle" of unknown origin which had violated its air space close to the...
ISIS briefly holds center of Libyan city, beheads 12
Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates in Libya briefly took over the security headquarters in the western city of Sabratha, killing and beheading 12 security officers...
Yemen's government and Houthis claim truce violations
Yemen's dominant Houthi group and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government have accused each other of violating a ceasefire aimed at facilitating U.N.-sponsored peace talks,...
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...
Closed migrant camps in Greece starting from March
Greece will begin setting up closed camps for asylum seekers on its Aegean islands in March in response to growing tensions over the migrants'...
Russian embassy hit by rockets in Syria, no casualties reported
Two shells were fired at Russia's embassy in Damascus on Tuesday during a demonstration in support of Moscow, but there were no immediate reports...
Suicide bombings in and around Iraqi capital kill 27 people
Two suicide attacks in and around the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens, officials said.
The deadliest attack took...
Truce takes hold in Aleppo but fighting goes on elsewhere in Syria
A cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Russia and the United States brought a measure of relief to the battered Syrian city of Aleppo...
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe after troops killed
Turkey on Friday raised the death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria to 54 this month.
It was the...
