Middle East

The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that the U.S. is increasingly concerned about the…

The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that the U.S. is increasingly concerned about the growing ties…

The country has made a 'sovereign' decision to open the Bab al-Hawa corridor for six months, according to the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations. Issued on: 14/07/2023 - 00:34 1 min…

Since July 2023, people’s tables in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan have become increasingly empty. Now, people can no longer afford basic staples like flour. Bread shortages and hours-long queues outside…

Israeli protesters blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv at the start of countrywide demonstrations Tuesday against the government's planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation.…

Israel's parliament began examining a controversial bill Monday that would limit court powers, in a new political offensive to push ahead with a judicial overhaul that has split the nation. Issued on:…

Soon after a Chrisitan Iraqi man named Salwan Momika burned a Koran in front of Sweden’s largest mosque on June 28, 2023, it was reported that he was a member of a Swedish ultra-nationalist party. Then videos from Momika’s past…

A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department.…

Israel's anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as tens of thousands of people spilled into the streets of cities across the country to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan…

It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia's first women drivers – a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some activists dismissed it as window-dressing. Issued on:…