Iran welcomes France's efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday, as French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic adviser visits Tehran for talks to help ease the crisis. "The spokesman [Abbas Mousavi] welcomed France's role in reducing...

The US Treasury placed two Hezbollah members of Lebanon's parliament on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday -- the first time Washington has taken aim at the Iran-allied group's elected politicians. Stepping up its effort to build global pressure on the powerful Lebanese Shiite movement, the...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Tuesday any disruption to oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will be a "major obstacle" for his country's economy which has too few oil export outlets. His government was studying contingency plans to deal with possible disruption, including...

Lebanon’s tourism minister urged politicians on Tuesday not to wreck the country’s best tourist season in years, after a deadly shooting in a popular mountain region stirred fears of strife. Avedis Guidanian said more tourists came to Lebanon in the first half of this year than in the...