Middle East
Iraq parliament demands US troop ouster after Soleimani killing
Iraq’s parliament on Sunday urged the government to oust thousands of American troops from the country, stepping up pressure over the US ...Mourners flood Iran city as top general’s remains return
A tide of mourners flooded the Iranian city of Ahvaz Sunday, weeping and beating their chests in homage to top general Qasem ...Syria death toll tops 380,000 in almost nine-year war: monitor
Almost nine years of civil war in Syria has left more than 380,000 people dead including over 115,000 civilians, a war monitor ...Fury, tears as thousands mourn Iran commander killed by US
Thousands of Iraqis chanting “Death to America” on Saturday mourned an Iranian commander and others killed in a US drone attack that ...Top Iran commander Qasem Soleimani killed in US strike on Baghdad
Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed Friday in a US strike on Baghdad’s international airport, prompting Tehran to vow “revenge”, dramatically ...Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
Charging that Iran was “fully responsible” for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. ...Iraq warns US ties at stake after deadly strikes
Iraq’s government warned Monday that its relations with the United States were at risk after deadly American air strikes against a pro-Iran ...Blast hits military parade in Yemen, at least five dead
A missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group struck a military parade in Yemen’s southern separatist-held town of al-Dhalea, killing at least ...Iraqi group says 490 protesters killed since October
Iraq’s semi-official human rights commission said Saturday at least 490 protesters have been killed in Baghdad and southern cities in nearly three ...Syrian opposition calls on the world to aid rebel-held Idlib
A Syrian opposition leader called Friday on the international community to help millions of civilians in the country’s last rebel-held stronghold amid ...














