Middle East
Trump warns Iran not to rebuild nuclear program, says it will be ‘horrible’ for Hamas ...
By Jim Watson with Danny Kemp in Washington AFP US President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would ...Saudi-led coalition warns of intervention against Yemen separatists
By Haitham El-Tabei AFP The Saudi-led coalition warned Saturday it would back Yemen’s government in any military confrontation with separatist forces, as ...Syrian government and SDF agree to de-escalate after Aleppo violence
The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that came as Turkey’s top ...Lebanon claims first phase of Hezbollah’s disarmament close to complete
Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Saturday, as ...US carries out ‘massive’ strike against IS in Syria
By W.G. DUNLOP with Nader DURGHAM in Beirut AP US forces struck more than 70 Islamic State group targets in Syria on ...Syria, Kurdish forces race to salvage integration deal
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily and Jonathan Spicer Reuters Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are scrambling ahead of a year-end deadline to ...Iraq welcomes first European flight to Baghdad in 35 years
A flight operated by Greece’s Aegean Airlines touched down in Baghdad on Tuesday, the first European passenger plane to land in the ...Hamas chief negotiator says Israel’s killing of senior commander threatens ceasefire
By Menna Alaaeldin and Muhammad Al Gebaly Reuters Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday that a targeted assassination by Israel ...Syria marks one year since toppling of Bashar al-Assad
Syrians mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles ...Israel launches fresh strikes on south Lebanon after warnings
By Mahmoud Zayyat AFP Israeli raids hit south Lebanon on Thursday as its military said it was striking Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, ...














