Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has landed in the capital Beirut for the first time since his resignation on Nov. 4. Hariri was expected to attend National Day celebrations in Beirut on Wednesday. Lebanon has remained in the throes of an unprecedented political crisis...

Daesh's presence in Iraq is “militarily” finished and all cities have been retaken, the Iraqi prime minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a weekly news briefing in Baghdad, Haider al-Abadi said the Daesh presence in a desert area in the west of the city of Anbar would come to an end...

France can play a productive role in the Middle East by taking a “realistic and impartial approach”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a phone call on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. Tensions between Iran and France...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun on Tuesday told Arab states that dealing with Lebanon required wisdom otherwise the country would be pushed “towards the fire”. Aoun’s warning followed an Arab League meeting on Sunday whose closing communique condemned the Iran-backed Lebanese...