Middle East

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges,…

Lebanon’s central bank said on Thursday it could not keep up its imports of subsidized medical goods without using its…

Britain’s Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday that Egypt has cemented its role as Middle East power broker, after brokering…

GENEVA (AP) — The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdullah Mohammadi lost his two legs and an arm below the elbow in a ferocious battle…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group kicked off a new round of peace talks Wednesday,…

When Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss, began posting videos on social media earlier this month in which he…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he wrote the country’s supreme leader to protest a decision…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemeni officials demanded answers Wednesday after an Associated Press report highlighted a mysterious air base being…