Jordanian troops clashed with drug smugglers on the border with Syria on Friday, killing two people and seizing a shipment of hashish and amphetamines, the military said. The military said it thwarted two attempts to “infiltrate a group of people and smuggle quantities of drugs”...

Fierce clashes reported on Friday between Turkish-backed National Army and Kurdish forces in northeastern Hasakah province, following  a series of attacks and car bombs by US-backed Kurdish fighters on opposition areas, local activists said.   The clashes have...

United Arab Emirates-based carrier Flydubai is preparing for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to rejoin its fleet, the Dubai government's media office said on Twitter on Thursday. The UAE civil aviation authority announced on Wednesday it was lifting the safety ban on the aircraft, which was...

The United Arab Emirates is dismantling parts of a military base it runs in the East African nation of Eritrea after it pulled back from the grinding war in nearby Yemen, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show. The UAE built a port and expanded an airstrip in Assab beginning...