Writing by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Political Body of the National Coalition has issued an order to sack Adnan Hazori, the Minister of Health in the Interim Government , and Suhair Atasi, Head of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU), besides many employees, following...

ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since U.S. forces began bombing the Islamists. The...

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has met with Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, the Lebanese movement said Tuesday. In a statement, Hezbollah said the two sides had discussed political and security developments in the Middle East...

Islamic State insurgents are advancing on a tomb in northern Syria regarded by Turkey as sovereign territory and guarded by Turkish soldiers, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Tuesday, Reuters said. Ankara sees the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the...