Middle East
Turkey hits Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq
Turkey said on Saturday that its fighter jets hit militant camps of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq overnight, and ...Syrian rebels escalate attacks on army in southern Deraa city
Syrian insurgents said they intensified shelling of a major army and security area in central Deraa on Friday in a new bid ...Turkish army hits IS in Syria after soldier killed
The Turkish military Thursday pounded positions of Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria after a Turkish soldier was killed by cross-border fire ...U.S. defense chief makes surprise visit to Iraq
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday to assess the campaign against Islamic State, as Iraq ...Saudi-backed Yemeni troops, fighters gain control of Aden
Yemeni troops and local militias, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, seized full control of the strategic port city of Aden after repelling ...Egypt jails former Mubarak PM for corruption
An Egyptian court sentenced a former prime minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to five years in prison for corruption and ...Car bomb blasts in Baghdad killed 20 people
A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded 30 Wednesday in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, ...Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria
Three Spanish journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah officials for Syria support
The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they ...Dozens die in Turkey blast near Syria border
An explosion outside a cultural center in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria killed at least 31 people ...




