The foreign ministers of 14 Arab states on Tuesday attended the fifth meeting of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in the capital Moscow. Speaking at a news conference following the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said all the participants spoke in favor of applying...

Iran's lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill labeling U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorist, a day after the U.S. terrorism designation for Iran's Revolutionary Guard formally took effect. State TV says Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami introduced the bill authorizing the...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, according to the official IRNA news agency. Zarif is scheduled to meet with Bashar al-Assad and other top regime officials during the visit. The top diplomat's one-day visit comes upon an official...

Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Tuesday. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. It did not...