The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would bar foreign visitors, banned citizens from going abroad and said anyone entering the country must isolate for two weeks, escalating a battle to curb the spread of coronavirus. Saudi Arabia suspended most work in its private sector among...

Syrian authorities at Damascus International Airport are taking preventive measures to confront a possible spread of the coronavirus. The Syrian ministries of transport and health are disinfecting arriving and departing planes as well as disinfecting gates and taking passengers'...

The Pentagon said Friday it would keep two aircraft carrier task forces in the Gulf region after carrying out strikes in Iraq on five depots for Iran-supplied rockets. Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie said the two carrier groups would be staying in the region for a...

Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday. One of the officials said five service members were seriously wounded and evacuated from the Camp...