Middle East
Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive
Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year ...US-led coalition hits IS jihadists with 39 air strikes
The US-led coalition pounded the Islamic State group with 39 air strikes Thursday and Friday, including more than a dozen ...Dozens of jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor
At least 44 members of the Islamic State group were killed in clashes with Kurdish troops in Syria on Thursday, ...20 jihadists killed in failed east Syria airport attack
At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to ...Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken
Iraqi Kurds claimed Thursday to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have long been ...Palestinians present UN resolution on final peace deal
The Palestinians on Wednesday presented a draft UN resolution laying out terms for a final peace deal with Israel but ...Palestinians to push UN vote despite US veto warning
The Palestinians will press ahead Wednesday with a UN bid to boost their hopes of statehood, despite a warning that the US ...Two car bombs explode in central Yemen killing 25
At least 25 people died when two car bombs exploded in Radaa city in Yemen\'s central province of al-Bayda, local ...Iraq jihadists release pictures of mass execution
The Islamic State (IS) group on Monday released pictures of the execution of 13 men described as anti-jihadist Sunni tribal ...Around 180 Syrian soldiers, jihadists reported killed in battle for base
Around 100 Syrian soldiers and 80 Islamist fighters were killed during a two-day battle in which insurgents captured the Wadi ...