CAIRO (AFP)- Egypt's military said Sunday 16 jihadists, an officer and a soldier were killed in the past four days during a major military operation against Daesh (ISIS) jihadists in Sinai. The army launched a sweeping campaign after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who is...

MUSCAT (Reuters)-  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Syria Sunday it would be "very unwise" for government forces to use weaponized gas, as he cited unconfirmed reports of chlorine attacks in eastern Ghouta and slammed Russian support for Damascus. Mattis stopped short of...

Nineteen Palestinians have been martyred in the Gaza Strip since U.S. President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.   In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said three children were among...

The Libyan navy on Saturday rescued 252 migrants seeking to reach Europe, in two separate operations off the country’s western coast. “We were alerted… to the position of a migrant boat” around 30 kilometres (20 miles) off Zawiya, west of Tripoli, navy captain Rami al-Hadi...