Islamic State group fighters conducted a blistering counter-attack on Albu Kamal in eastern Syria yesterday in a desperate bid to cling to

Lebanon's Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minister at the weekend, is "free to move around", French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le

Saudi Arabia's attorney-general says that 208 people have been called in for questioning in a sweeping anti-corruption investigation, and seven of them have been released without charge.

Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption has spread beyond its borders as regulators in the United Arab Emirates ask UAE banks for

Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh, and Beirut

Saudi Prince Mohammed capped his rapid rise to power in June this year by replacing his elder cousin Prince Mohammed bin Nayef,

Syrian troops and allied militiamen yesterday expelled Islamic State group fighters from Albu Kamal, the last significant town the

Nato countries have still not agreed how many extra troops they will send to Afghanistan to boost local forces in their fight against the resurgent Taliban, the alliance's chief admitted yesterday.

Israeli authorities yesterday approved building permits for 240 new homes in settlement neighbourhoods in Jerusalem's eastern sector,

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday his country does not support a military escalation in regional tensions

President Hassan Rouhani yesterday warned Saudi Arabia that it will achieve nothing by threatening the might of Iran, as a war of

Syria told the UN climate talks in Bonn on Tuesday that it would join the Paris Agreement, leaving the United States as the only nation

The US State Department says it is urging Saudi Arabia to be "fair and transparent" in its handling of any prosecutions stemming from a sweeping corruption probe that has resulted in the arrests of dozens of top Saudi officials.

Syria's army and its allies will keep fighting in Syria after the battle ends in Deir al-Zor province, where Islamic State

A Saudi prince was killed on Sunday when a helicopter with several officials on board crashed near the kingdom's

A car bombing by the Islamic State group killed at least 75 displaced people in eastern Syria, a monitor said yesterday,

The Islamic State group claimed a major attack on Yemen's government bastion of Aden yesterday which killed at

On January 23, 2015 Salman takes the throne at the age of 79 after the death of Abdullah, aged about 90. He makes

Saudi King Salman appoints two new ministers to key security and economic posts, removing one of the royal family's most prominent members as head of the National Guard and boosting the kingdom's young crown prince.

Syrian and allied forces yesterday converged on holdout Islamic State group fighters in the Syrian border town of