Middle East
Coalition says fewer than 3,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria
The United States-led international coalition fighting Islamic State estimates that fewer than 3,000 fighters belonging to the hardline Sunni militant group remain ...Yemen Huthis rally after killing strongman
Thousands of Huthi supporters rallied in Sanaa on Tuesday as the rebels cemented their grip on the Yemeni capital after killing their ...Rebel area near Damascus hit by heavy shelling despite two-day truce
Dozens of mortar bombs landed on the last major rebel stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, a war monitor and ...Hariri returns to Lebanon for first time since resigning as PM
Saad al-Hariri landed in Beirut on Tuesday, his media office said, returning home for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon\'s ...Iran, Russia, Turkey leaders to hold Syria summit next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week host Turkish and Iranian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani for summit talks on ...UN braces for likely Russian veto of Syria gas attacks probe
The UN Security Council will vote Thursday on whether to extend an investigation to determine who is behind chemical weapons attacks in ...Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 332
At least 332 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media ...Scores more Saudis detained in $100 billion corruption sweep
Dozens more people have been taken into custody by Saudi authorities, the kingdom said Thursday, bringing to 201 the number detained in ...Syria to join Paris climate pact, isolating US
Syria told the UN climate talks in Bonn on Tuesday that it would join the Paris Agreement, leaving the United States as ...Assad says Syria war does not end in Deir al-Zor
Syria\'s army and its allies will keep fighting in Syria after the battle ends in Deir al-Zor province, where Islamic State has ...




