Middle East
Russian forces join combat operations in Syria to help Assad
Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political ...Twenty Indians killed in Yemen as more foreign troops reported arriving
A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen ...Russia demands answers from Sofia, Athens as Syria flights blocked
Moscow on Tuesday demanded answers from Greece and Bulgaria after Sofia banned Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace and Athens ...Britain kills IS fighters in Syria for first time
A Royal Air Force (RAF) drone killed a British jihadist in Syria last month who was planning attacks on Britain, Prime Minister ...Bomb kills 10 Turkish police officers as jets strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, ...Qatar sends 1,000 ground troops to Yemen conflict
Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen\'s war ahead of ...Russia dismisses US concerns over Syria military build-up
Moscow on Monday dismissed US concern of a Russian military build-up in Syria, saying its military aid to Bashar al-Assad was nothing ...Palestinian mother injured in arson attack dies
The mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a July arson attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank died on Monday of her ...Several Turkish soldiers killed in major PKK attack
Several Turkish soldiers were killed on Sunday in a major attack in southeastern Hakkari province suspected to have been carried out by ...Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees
Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi ...




