Middle East
Lebanese PM Hariri resigns, attacking Iran and Hezbollah
Lebanon\'s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and ...Potential showdown in eastern Syria over IS-held territory
As U.S.-allied fighters hurtle down the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, a showdown could ensue between the U.S. and Russia, whose ...Opposition calls on Iraqi Kurd leader to resign
Iraqi Kurdistan\'s main opposition party called Sunday for the autonomous region\'s president to resign after Baghdad seized swathes of disputed territory from ...Iraq tensions rise after Kurds warn of attack
Tensions escalated between Iraq\'s Kurds and Baghdad on Thursday as warnings of a "major attack" by government forces prompted Kurdish peshmerga fighters ...Rivals Hamas, Fatah reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza
Rival groups Hamas and Fatah have reached a preliminary, partial agreement that could pave the way for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to ...Hundreds of suspected Islamic State militants surrender in Iraq
Hundreds of suspected Islamic State militants surrendered last week to Kurdish authorities after the jihadist group was driven out of its last ...Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Talabani dies
Ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, a veteran leader of the struggle for Kurdish self-determination and a unifying elder statesman, died on Tuesday in ...Palestinian PM pledges Gaza control in first visit since 2015
Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah arrived in Gaza Monday for his first visit in two years, saying the Palestinian Authority would assume ...Baghdad piles pressure on Iraqi Kurds to reverse overwhelming independence vote
Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq\'s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central ...Russia rejects allegation it bombed U.S.-backed fighters in Syria
Russia\'s Defence Ministry on Sunday rejected allegations it had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria, saying its planes only targeted Islamic State militants ...




