The influential speaker of Lebanon's parliament signaled on Friday that a deal to elect a president was almost ready, raising hopes that a presidential vacuum which has paralyzed the political system for nearly two years could soon be filled. Lebanese newspaper An-nahar cited...

The first delivery of Russia's S-300 missile defense system to Iran will take place in August or September this year, RIA news agency on Friday quoted Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russia's industrial conglomerate Rostec, as saying. RIA quoted an unnamed source earlier as saying...

Iran said on Thursday that its test-firing of ballistic missiles, designed to be able to hit Israel, were not a violation of a landmark nuclear deal reached in 2015 with six major powers, state TV quoted a senior official as saying. "Iran's missile program and its test-firing of...

Turkish security forces have completed operations against Kurdish militants in the Sur district of southeast Turkey's largest city, Diyarbakir, but searches are continuing in the area, security sources said on Wednesday. Security operations targeting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters have...