A rocket landed in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport on Monday, according to an Iraqi police officer. The Katyusha rocket was fired by unidentified militants, but without causing any casualties, Capt. Ahmed Khalaf said. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack....

Fierce forest fires, a monster explosion that killed friends, then more Beirut blazes; Lebanon's emergency services are reeling from a devastating year, but are determined to press on. Lebanese firefighter Afraa Obeid, a 27-year-old woman with long black hair, recounted how she lost her...

Israel’s defence minister accused Turkey on Sunday of destabilising the region and working against peacemaking efforts, and called for international pressure to bring about a change in the NATO power’s conduct. Israel generally shies from public censure of Turkey, with which it...

Tens of thousands of worshipers have been flooding into Iraq's holy city of Karbala despite the Covid-19 pandemic for the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of Arbaeen, one of the world's biggest religious gatherings. Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing...