Middle East
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 ...Egyptian Youtube star held for videos criticizing president
Egyptian authorities have arrested an online comedian who criticized President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in a Youtube video, according to a rights lawyer and ...UN condemns attack that killed 17 civilians in north Yemen
The United Nations has condemned the shelling of a busy market that killed at least 17 people earlier this week in northern ...Iraqi city in turmoil after activist’s death
Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched Wednesday in southern Iraq to mourn a dead activist after a night during which the headquarters of ...














