Middle East news

Sudan's economy grew 2 percent in the first quarter of this year, the state minister for finance said on Monday.…

Polling stations opened across Syria on Monday for the country’s first multi-party parliamentary elections in half…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is about to announce a reshuffle of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's cabinet,…

In his first public speech since being inaugurated as president of Yemen, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi promised a strong…

Thousands of South Sudanese stranded for months in a camp in Sudan are to be airlifted home, an aid group says. At…

Turkey's Bayegan and Saudia Arabia's Advanced Petrochemicals are to invest 1 billion dollars in constructing a…

A blast on the outskirts of Syria's second city Aleppo has killed or wounded several people, activists say. At…

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has described as “unacceptable” Iran’s attitude towards three islands under…

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook Iran- Iraq border at 02:09:35 P.M. local time (1039 GMT) on Thursday, the Iranian…

At least four people have been killed as security forces and militiamen raided student accommodation in Syria's…