World / Middle East

Damascus: Iran's top defence official met Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and its defence minister on Sunday in Damascus, hailing their strong ties and...

Tehran: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 250,...

Iran's parliament sacked the minister of economic affairs and finance on Sunday, state media said, amid a sharp fall in the rial currency...

TEHRAN: Ten people were killed in a building collapse caused by a water heater explosion in northern Iran on Saturday, according to local...

The U.S. has told Russia it is ready to take strong military action against Syria if President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons to...

Beirut, At least 27 people are being held by the Islamic State group in southern Syria, Human Rights Watch said Saturday as it...

Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for unity on Saturday in the face of criticism from all sides of his handling of an...

BAGHDAD:  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has reportedly overruled a decision by the Hashd al-Shaabi, a predominantly Shia contingent of the army, to...

ANKARA: An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Thursday called on the U.S. to return to a landmark nuclear deal from which it withdrew...

Washington: A US woman who was captured in Syria and was married to an Islamic State sniper has been charged with providing material...

Paris: Air France and British Airways announced Thursday that they will halt flights to Tehran next month, citing low profitability as the US...

Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun expressed his hope that "the United States of America would adopt a policy to promote peace in the...

London: British Airways on Thursday said it would suspend its London to Tehran service from next month as it was no longer "commercially...

BENGHAZI, Libya: A Libyan official says militants suspected of links to the extremist Islamic State group have killed at least four people, including...

BEIRUT: The leader of Syria's al-Qaida affiliate has vowed to fight on in Idlib province, the country's last major rebel stronghold, in the...

LONDON, A senior Iranian cleric warned Washington on Wednesday that if it attacked Iran, the United States and allied Israel would be targeted,...

Tehran: Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet on Tuesday, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting that Tehran's military strength was only designed to...

Ankara: Amid tense relations between Ankara and Washington, several gunshots were fired on Monday from a vehicle at the US Embassy in the...