Militants killed 18 people in an attack yesterday on a security convoy in Egypt's North Sinai, where police and troops are battling a

Qatar's foreign minister yesterday slammed the "illegal" blockade against his country, insisting it was aimed at forcing it into a "state of trusteeship".

Syria's army sent massive reinforcements to territory under its control in Deir Ezzor yesterday ahead of a final push for the Islamic

Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.

Syrian government forces and US-backed militias converged on Islamic State in separate offensives against the

Arab countries and Qatar should enter into direct talks to solve a diplomatic dispute, Russia's foreign minister said

A Saudi-led bloc of Arab states hostile to Qatar yesterday took aim at Kuwaiti mediation and maintained a tough line even after US

Syria's army accused Israeli warplanes of hitting one of its positions yesterday, killing two people in an attack that a monitor said

Seven Arab singers, mostly Saudis, have poured scorn on Qatar in a song that has gone viral, prompting fresh rancour between the

King Salman of Saudi Arabia will make an official visit to Washington early next year for talks with President Donald Trump, the White

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Tuesday denied any warming of relations with regional rival Iran after Tehran thanked Riyadh for

United Nations war crimes investigators yesterday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind a chemical attack

The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors to the public in November, bringing to the Gulf Mesopotamian artifacts and post-

Iran yesterday thanked Saudi Arabia for its handling of the annual hajj pilgrimage, saying it opened the way for

Syria's army broke a years-long Islamic State group siege on the government enclave of Deir Ezzor city yesterday as

Philippine troops fighting Islamic State-linked rebels in a southern city have encountered armed resistance from

Syria's army battled the Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor yesterday, seeking to break the siege of a

Their palms facing the sky, around two million Muslims gather on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest annual gatherings.

Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and the Islamic State group has killed 64 combatants in Raqa province over a 24-hour period, a monitoring group said yesterday.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted yesterday as he visited the Palestinian enclave enduring "one of the most dramatic humanitarian crises" he had seen.