Middle East

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…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received on Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.…

MARDIN, Turkey (AP) — In the medieval Turkish city of Mardin, Medine Ereli calls out to a team of medical…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Oman fired tear gas Wednesday at demonstrators in a flashpoint city amid…

Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Major Israeli news outlets Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to halt what they said were social…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes between security forces and protesters left one person dead and over a dozen injured Tuesday after…

President Bashar al-Assad, once seen as a reformer but viewed by his many foes as a tyrant after a decade…