A series of car bombs in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killed 57 people and wounded more than 150 on Saturday, in what appeared to be coordinated attacks on people celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The 12 separate blasts targeting markets, busy shopping...

AS THE 2011 Syrian uprising escalated, investors held their breath. Now, with the likelihood of a protracted conflict increasing, Syrian businesses are flocking to Jordan.  In 2012 the Jordan Investment Board (JIB) registered 114m dinars ($161m) of Syrian investment in the Kingdom, up...

Eighteen Turkish soldiers were injured after a group of smugglers, who were attempting to illegally import diesel from war-torn Syria into Turkey through a village in the border district of Reyhanlı set diesel drums on fire to prevent being captured by Turkish security officials in the early...

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman has been denied entry into Egypt after she landed at Cairo airport "for security reasons", officials say. Ms Karman, the first Arab woman to win the prize, was held on arrival and reportedly told to fly on the same plane back to the United Arab...