American forces conducted over the past couple days several airstrikes in support of Afghan security force under attack by Taliban in the southern Helmand province, the spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan said Monday. Col. Sonny Leggett confirmed on his twitter account that the...

Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians are being sent by Turkey to Azerbaijan to guard Turkish troops and strategic assets, with suspicions that they may soon find themselves in the current Nagorno-Karabakh clashes, Middle East Eye has learnt. A source based in Turkey with direct knowledge...

Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a new government Monday led by veteran diplomat Bisher al Khaswaneh that will seek to accelerate IMF-backed reforms as the economy faces its sharpest contraction in decades due to the coronavirus crisis. British-educated Khasawneh, 51, was appointed Wednesday...

Suhail Deeb was eager to harvest his olives before sweeping forest fires that ravaged parts of Syria at the weekend left him with nothing but charred trunks and branches. "I used to have 100 trees, but now nothing is left," said the 61-year-old farmer at his blackened olive grove in the...