The United States and  Israel  showed signs of seeking to defuse tensions on Sunday ahead of a speech in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he will warn against a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Policy differences over the negotiations...

(Reuters) - A drone attack killed two suspected al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Monday, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil. The attack targeted militants traveling in a vehicle in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian internal opposition's main umbrella group National Coordination Body for Democratic Change (NCB) said on Saturday it will discuss and develop the document of basic principles for political settlement in Syria that proposed by the...

  Iraq's army and Shi'ite militia have launched a long-awaited offensive against Islamic State in Salahuddin province, a stronghold of the radical Islamist fighters north of Baghdad, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday. The ultra-radical fighters control several...