Middle East

An immediate nationwide ceasefire is needed in Syria to enable an “all-out-effort” to stamp out the coronavirus and prevent it ravaging a beleaguered population,...

At least 27 security personnel died when a military base was stormed in Afghanistan one of the biggest attacks since a violence reduction agreement...

Russia and Turkey cut short a first joint patrol in Syria’s Idlib  after rebels and civilians opposed to a ceasefire agreement cut off a...

Islamic State gunmen opened fire on a ceremony in Kabul, killing 32 people in the first major attack in the city since the US...

Five Afghan policemen died in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint near a copper mine, officials said, a day after the insurgents resumed...

Qatar’s Dimdex defence exhibition due to be held this month has been cancelled as the coronavirus outbreak spreads through the Gulf and wider Middle...

The US signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could see full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and a step toward...

Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish military have seized Nairab town in northwest Syria’s Idlib province, Turkish and rebel officials said, the first area...

Naval forces from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen foiled an “imminent terrorist attack” by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea,...

The US and the Taliban will sign an agreement on February 29 at the end of a planned week-long “reduction in violence” in Afghanistan,...