( Middle East Eye )- After the Syrian regime’s recapture of Aleppo in December 2016 and the consequential pushing and cornering of major rebel forces into Idlib, the tide of the Syrian civil war was decisively turned in favour of the government. Ever since, it has mainly sought to...

Hard-line Iranian presidential hopeful Ebrahim Raisi condemned President Hassan Rouhani's economic management Saturday, speaking at an election campaign rally in a packed Tehran stadium. Addressing thousands of supporters who waved Iranian flags and held pictures of their candidate, he...

 The EU's top officials will seek a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a NATO summit next month amid mounting tensions with Ankara, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday. EU President Donald Tusk made the announcement to 27 European Union leaders holding a...

Morocco Saturday voiced satisfaction at a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing a new peace initiative on the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Friday's vote came as U.N. military observers confirmed that Polisario Front forces, fighting for independence in Western Sahara, had...