Egypt has reopened its border with the Gaza Strip in both directions for the first time in months. Thousands of Palestinians are lining up Thursday at the Rafah crossing in hopes of leaving the isolated enclave. Gaza's borders are largely sealed by an Israeli and Egyptian blockade. It's...

 British Tornado jets struck oil fields in eastern Syria on Thursday that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants. The strikes at the Omar oil field came only...

A conference that was meant to take place in Vienna grouping Syria’s warring sides will instead take place in New York on Dec. 18, sources told Al Arabiya’s sister channel al-Hadath on Wednesday. Before the meeting in the U.S. city, moderate Syrian opposition leaders will be meeting the...

Russia has started the delivery of its S-300 air defense systems to Iran, TASS news agency quoted an aide to President Vladimir Putin as saying on Thursday. "The contract is being implemented, (deliveries of S-300s) are starting," the agency quoted Vladimir Kozhin as saying.