pposition Victory Party (Zafer Partisi) Chairperson Ümit Özdağ came under fire for interrogating the Syrian-born owner of a jewelry shop in Turkey’s western Izmir province. In a video posted on his Twitter account on Monday, Özdağ enters the shop and starts asking the owner about his...

CAIRO (AP) — Libya failed to hold its first presidential election as planned this month, a major blow to international efforts to end a decade of chaos in the oil-rich Mediterranean country. The postponement of the Dec. 24 vote has opened up uncertainty over what comes next in the tenuous...

 After years of looking abroad for answers, countries in the Middle East now appear to instead be talking to each other to find solutions following two decades defined by war and political upheaval. The American withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq have played a part in that change....

  Lebanon’s energy minister launched two projects in the country’s north on Tuesday to facilitate the flow of natural gas from Egypt. The move aims to improve electricity production and expand the country’s tanks to increase oil reserves. The revival of the Arab Gas Pipeline to...