100,000 Iraqis may flee to Syria and Turkey to escape the Iraq's military assault aimed at ousting IS...
Yemen, on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has been in the midst of a civil war since September...
Mosul, home to up to 1.5 m people, has been the headquarters of IS's self-declared caliphate in northern...
The strike authorized by President Barack Obama, represent Washington's first direct military action...
Iran sees Afghanistan as a primary zone of influence, much as it sees Iraq. Saudi Arabia has a long history...
Tehran and Riyadh are fighting several proxy wars in the Middle East, including in Syria and Yemen, but...
A major disagreement between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, also important Opec members, still...
The UK has put its name to a call at the UN this week to set up an independent mission to report on human...
Republican Donald Trump has called the Iran deal “stupid,” a “lopsided disgrace” and worse. He says that...
Iran’s steep oil output growth has stalled in the past three months, new data showed, suggesting Tehran...
In the days leading to this year’s Hajj, which began on Saturday in western Saudi Arabia, Tehran renewed...
During the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Iran mined portions of the Persian Gulf and several commercial...
While Prince Turki holds no official position, his presence suggests Saudi Arabia has crossed a line...
The girls in red and green dominated thoroughly against Iran and Singapore but Wednesday's supremacy...
The last time Britain had such a high number of applications was in 2004, when 39,746 people sought...
Russia says its bombing campaign in Syria is focused on extremist groups but it has frequently struck...
An Iranian nuclear scientist detained since 2010 has been executed, his family has told the BBC.
