Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who returned home from the United Arab Emirates after announcing his bid for Egypt’s presidency, appeared in Cairo on Sunday to say he was still considering his run in next year’s election. Shafik’s comments on a private Cairo...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday businessmen who attempted to move assets abroad were “traitors”, and called on his cabinet to block any such moves. “I am seeing signals, news that some businessmen are trying to move their assets abroad, and I call on firstly my...

Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Sunday. In 2014, IS jihadists killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse them as sex...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Sunday have taken the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province after fierce battles with ISIS, the SDF’s media centre said. The YPG-led forces said it will set up local councils in the liberated areas saying the newly...