Thousands of people have fled a rebel-held town in Syria  after it was bombed and shelled in an operation that has prompted fears of a major assault by ground troops, the  United Nations  said on Friday. The fighting came as peace talks in Geneva neared the end...

A British man thought to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria last week was Abdul Waheed Majid, the BBC has learned. The 41-year-old, from Crawley in West Sussex, is believed to have carried out a suicide truck bombing in the city of Aleppo last Thursday. Officials have not...

President Barack Obama will launch a new round of Middle East diplomacy Friday in a plush oasis in the arid California desert, hosting a Valentine’s Day summit with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. Obama and the king will swap the piles of snow in Washington for the Sunnylands retreat at...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Friday described the situation in the country as “under control” and that the government in Tripoli was “working as normal” after an ex-army official announced suspension of the government and parliament in a foiled coup attempt. “The...