(The Daily Star)- A mild earthquake hit the Bekaa Valley in east Lebanon at dawn Friday, the state-run National News Agency reported.

 Istanbul (dpa) - Turkey will start imposing visa requirements on Syrians trying to enter the country, a senior government official said Thursday, as negotiations stepped up between Ankara and the European Union to clamp down on migrant flows. Turkey has largely maintained an "open door...

The Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah said on Thursday that a Saudi-led 34-nation anti-Islamic State coalition was suspicious, and questioned Saudi Arabia's competence to lead it. Hezbollah, which has repeatedly criticized Sunni heavyweight Saudi Arabia over both its military...

An Iranian news agency said on Wednesday the commander of foreign operations for Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards had met Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, but his spokesman flatly denied the report. Fars news agency said General Qassem Soleimani, who visited Moscow in July to aid...