Middle East
Israeli warplanes strike Syria, kill 4 – including children
Israeli warplanes fired several missiles toward central Syria early Friday, killing a family of four – including two children – ...UN announces talks on new Syria constitution resume Jan 25
The U.N. special envoy for Syria announced that the next round of talks toward revising the war-battered country’s constitution will ...Rare twin suicide attack kills at least 13 in Baghdad
A twin suicide bombing killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 30 in a Baghdad market on Thursday ...Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman
Iran’s military kicked off a ground forces drill on Tuesday along the coast of the Gulf of Oman, state TV ...Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military ...Intense Israeli airstrikes in east Syria said to kill dozens
Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least seven Syrian soldiers and 24 ...Yemen’s rebels defiant as aid agencies fear US terror label
Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels on Monday dismissed the U.S. move to designate them a terrorist organization in the final days of ...Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and border
Kuwait’s foreign ministry announced Monday that Saudi Arabia will open its air and land borders with Qatar in the first ...Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks over disputed dam
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations Sunday over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, ...Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment ‘as soon as possible’
Iran said Saturday it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility “as soon as ...