Lebanese President Michel Aoun, who has refused to accept Saad Hariri’s resignation as prime minister unless Hariri returns from Saudi Arabia, welcomed comments from Hariri that he plans to come home soon, palace sources and visitors said on Monday. Hariri, who threw Lebanon into...

Oil traded near $57 a barrel as Saudi Arabia signaled it will raise security at its crude facilities after Bahrain blamed Iran for a fire at a pipeline that connects the two Arab allies. Iran denied it was involved. Futures were little changed in New York after falling 0.8 percent...

 (Reuters) - At least 168 people were killed in Iraq and Iran on Sunday when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region, state media in the two countries said, as rescuers searched for dozens trapped under rubble. At least 164 people were killed in Iran, Behnam Saeedi, a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have made new gains in Khabur basin near the Turkish border, taking strategic town on Sunday. Kurdish news feeds said. The SDF seized the town of al-Basira from Daesh east of Deri Ezzor city after a week of clashes. Meanwhile,...