Syria's Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries' border.
Turkey’s president said Tuesday his troops will establish a 32-kilometer-wide “safe zone” in northern Syria, adding that Turkey would seek logistical and financial assistance from the United States and other allies to create the zone.
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters Tuesday seized a key village from Daesh (ISIS), further chipping away at their last eastern holdout on the Iraqi border, a Britain-based monitor said.
Amid threats to the safety of Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammad al-Qunun, who was granted asylum in Canada, the Toronto agency that is helping her has hired a security guard to ensure "she is never alone" as she starts a normal life, its executive director said Tuesday.
New U.N. envoy Geir Pedersen, who arrived in Damascus Tuesday on his first visit since taking up post, is the fourth head of U.N. efforts to end Syria’s...
Freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care have killed at least 15 displaced Syrian children in recent weeks, the United Nations reported Tuesday.
The militant group now controlling Idlib province in northwest Syria claims to have broken with Al-Qaeda, but analysts say that despite several rebrandings...
Militants stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya’s capital Tuesday, setting off thunderous explosions and gunning down people at cafe tables and offices in an attack...
Premier-designate Saad Hariri Tuesday demanded the release of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen detained in Iran, in a message to Iranian President Hassan...
The American University of Beirut Medical Center announced Tuesday that the first lung transplant surgery performed in Lebanon was successful, providing a new...
President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to...
The survival of a key nuclear arms control treaty was cast further in doubt Tuesday after the U.S. and Russia blamed each other for pushing the agreement to...
Eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar have launched a military operation in southern Libya to secure oil and gas facilities and fight extremists, a...
France’s top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian met with a leading Shiite religious authority in Iraq’s Najaf Tuesday, the first time a French foreign minister has...
Jordan agreed Tuesday to a U.N. request to host a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group to discuss a prisoner swap deal that would allow...
Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank joined a strike Tuesday against their government’s proposed new social security law, fearing the fund will...
Israel’s new military chief took office Tuesday, pledging to lead a “lethal, efficient and innovative army” into the future as it faces challenges along its...
South Sudan opposition commander Moses Lokujo flipped through his notes, explaining international humanitarian law to an attentive group of senior officers.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations Tuesday that Israel was hindering development in the Middle East with the occupation of...
Jordan's state security court Tuesday sentenced a top Salafist leader to nine years in prison for "sedition" during 2011 protests.
Iran can enrich uranium up to 20 percent within four days, its atomic energy chief said Tuesday, a comment apparently aimed at showing Tehran could quickly...
A 50-year-old Afghan-German dual national who worked for the German military was detained Tuesday on suspicion of passing data to an Iranian intelligence...
Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank joined a strike Tuesday against their government's proposed new social security law, fearing the fund will...
The U.N. food agency delivered emergency food and vouchers for over 9.5 million people in Yemen in December, just shy of its 10 million monthly target in the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that he viewed a planned 20-mile safe zone in Syria positively and added that its range may be extended...
The United Nations' new special envoy for Syria says he hopes to have constructive talks in Damascus.
Israel's new military chief took office Tuesday, pledging to lead a "lethal, efficient and innovative army" into the future as it faces grave challenges along...
A Saudi woman accepted as a refugee in Canada has said in an Australian television interview that she expected her experience would inspire other women to...
Iran Tuesday conducted one of at least two satellite launches it plans despite criticism from the United States, but the satellite failed to reach orbit.
For months before the last shah fled Iran ending 2,500 years of royal rule, shopkeeper Ahmad Sheikh-Mehdi witnessed the fervor sweeping his country, heralding...
Scuffles broke out at the Dome of the Rock in Occupied Jerusalem’s Old City Monday after guards at the mosque refused to allow an Israeli policeman to enter...