Middle East
Chemical weapons used in Syria fighting
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used during fighting in Syria in August.Cyclone kills eight in Yemeni coastal province, peters out inland
A rare tropical cyclone struck Yemen\'s arid eastern coastal province of Hadramout on Tuesday and killed eight people before gradually petering out ...Crashed Russian plane may have been brought down by explosive device, UK says
Britain said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt after taking off from Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh ...Russia says air force hit Palmyra region in Syria
Russia\'s air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said Monday, as Moscow ...First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash
The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend ...Egypt rescuers widen search for Russian plane crash victims
Egyptian rescue teams were looking Sunday for more victims of a Russian passenger plane crash in Sinai, widening the search after finding ...Islamic State takes over Syrian town in Homs province
Islamic State fighters took control of the Syrian town of Maheen in the southwest of Homs province on Sunday after an attack ...Russian plane crashes in Egypt, 224 feared dead
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt\'s Sinai peninsula on Saturday shortly after losing radar contact ...IS beheads four Iraq Kurd fighters after joint US raid
The Islamic State group beheaded four Iraqi Kurdish fighters following a joint raid with American special forces against the jihadists, according to ...Syria opposition, rebel dismiss Iran idea for transition
Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be "mad" because ...




