BEIRUT: A month after Russia, Turkey and Iran came together in a last-ditch effort to avert a potentially catastrophic Syrian regime offensive in Idlib, they appear to have succeeded in creating a buffer zone around

BEIRUT: A Russian-Turkish deal to set up a buffer zone around Syria’s last major rebel bastion hung by a thread Sunday, as militants showed no sign of withdrawing hours before a deadline.The accord also

BEIRUT: A month after Russia, Turkey and Iran came together in a last-ditch effort to avert a potentially catastrophic Syrian regime offensive in Idlib, they appear to have succeeded in creating a buffer zone around

The disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is hitting the Saudi economy. Stocks plunged almost 7 percent in early trading on Sunday, wiping out all the gains it had made since the start of

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to inflict "very strong blows" on Hamas after fresh violence along the fence that separates the besieged Gaza Strip from Israel. Israeli forces killed seven protesters along

Bangladesh's main opposition party has forged an alliance with centrist parties, with an 82-year-old former foreign minister emerging as the main leader ahead of upcoming elections. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is hoping the

A memorial ceremony has been held in Somalia on the first anniversary of the largest ever bomb blast in the country. The man accused of orchestrating the explosion has been executed by firing squad.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies suffered their worst election result since 1950 on Sunday, bleeding votes to the far-right in a setback that immediately raised tensions within Germany's crisis-prone national government. The Christian Social

YARMOUK, Syria: The Yarmouk district in Damascus has switched hands many times in Syria’s war: from rebels, to Daesh militants, and back to government forces. But Abu Nimr did not budge.He has remained in

No militants seen exiting Syria buffer on eve of deadline, mortars fired from zone BEIRUT: Hard-line fighters have yet to begin withdrawing from a planned buffer zone in northwestern Syria, a monitor and an