Middle East
Two rockets hit Russian embassy in Damascus as hundreds gather
Two rockets struck the Russian embassy compound in Damascus on Tuesday sparking panic as several hundred people gathered to express their support ...Iran parliament approves nuclear deal with world powers
Iran\'s parliament approved its nuclear deal with world powers Tuesday, paving the way for the historic agreement curbing Tehran\'s atomic programme to ...U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in ...Turkey blames Ankara bombings on Islamic State
Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said ...Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
Russia\'s gas monopoly Gazprom resumed supplies to Ukraine Monday, in a development that will help the country meet its energy needs through ...Syrian army make gains after Russian airstrikes
Russian war planes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State on Sunday, insurgents said, helping Moscow\'s ally Bashar al-Assad reclaim territory and ...Islamic State leaders killed in air strike, Iraq Says
Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the ...Turkey mourns bomb blast victims, seeks to identify attackers
Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday\'s bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people in ...Iran tests new long-range missile
Iran announced Sunday it had successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range missile, which it said was the first that could be ...Israeli strike on Hamas in Gaza kills Palestinian woman, child
An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian ...




