Tareq Aziz, who served as the voice of Saddam Hussein's government, died in Iraqi hospital Friday aged 79 after years of poor health as a convicted prisoner, a doctor said. "Tareq Aziz arrived at the Hussein Teaching Hospital at 3 pm," Dr Saadi al-Majed, the head of the health department in...

Syrian war planes on Friday bombed Islamic State fighters trying to advance into the northeastern city of Hasaka in an offensive that is adding to the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad following recent defeats elsewhere. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...

Oil group OPEC agreed to stick by its policy of unconstrained output for another six months on Friday, setting aside warnings of a second lurch lower in prices as some members such as Iran look to ramp up exports. Concluding a meeting with no apparent dissent, Saudi Arabian Oil...

Tripoli- Lebanon (The Daily Star)- A fire broke out at a Syrian refugee camp in the northern town of Minyeh Thursday, destroying 13 tents and lightly injuring two people, three days after another fire killed a refugee baby in an east Lebanon camp. Firefighters rushed to the scene and put out...