Middle East

Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai stressed the importance of Lebanon's neutrality, implicit criticism of the heavily armed Hezbollah over its support for Iran in conflicts with Sunni-led Gulf Arab states

The downing of the aircraft happened while Iran’s defense system was on high alert after one of the country’s top generals was killed in a U.S. missile attack in Iraq

Aid will flow through only one crossing point from Turkey into NW Syria, leaving 1.3 million people potentially without assistance

The Syrian opposition and militant groups control the Idlib area, which is home to more than 3 million people, most of them displaced by the war and living in tent camps and overcrowded facilities

Critics say it will hamper lawyers' independence

More than 500 Iranian Kurdish Sufis forced their way through the Iran-Iraq border to participate

With only hours to go before authorization expires for the aid routes from Turkey to northwest Syria, two rival resolutions fail to be adopted in the Security Council, leaving the mission in limbo

With only hours to go before authorization expires for using two crossing points from Turkey into northwest Syria, the two powers have left aid to millions in limbo

He brushes aside international warnings not to change status of nearly 1,500-year-old monument revered by Christians, Muslims alike

Flippant comment by government official has become symptomatic of what is seen as a bloated and out-of-touch government, and a rallying cry for a series of anti-Netanyahu protests spreading across the country

Infection could be lethal for refugee camps in the region

Video clips shared online showed hundreds of members of Muslim sect skirting health checks by running through border crossing from Iran to Iraqi Kurdish region on Thursday

Syrian economic crisis and new US sanctions challenge essential bread supply

Targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani by US in drone strike January 3 at Baghdad International Airport is violation under international law, according to UN report

The caftan is perhaps one of the most traditional and enduring garments in fashion history