Syria’s deal to evacuate Shias, Sunnis from towns: observatory
The Shia populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni…
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Afghanistan Kabul mosque suicide attack kills dozens
A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. At…
Key Iraqi town targeted in Mosul battle
Iraq's Shia militia groups say they have launched an attack against Islamic State militants west of Mosul, as the…
Saudi Arabia announces it will punish anyone linked to Hezbollah
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would punish anyone who belongs to the Lebanese Shia Islamist group Hezbollah,…
Lebanon’s Hariri says to keep dialogue open with Hezbollah
Former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri, a Sunni Muslim, said on Wednesday he would keep domestic dialogue…
Gulf Arab states designate Hezbollah a terrorist organisation
The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, it said on Wednesday,…
Saudi Arabia urges its citizens to leave Lebanon
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave, after Riyadh halted a $3 billion programme funding…
‘No Bashar al-Assad in the future’, says Saudi foreign minister
Bashar al-Assad will not be ruling Syria in the future and Russia's military interventions will not help him stay…
Sudan names new military chief amid Darfur clashes
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir named a new military chief of staff Tuesday as his forces battle rebels in the…
Anger grows in Saudi Arabia’s Shi’ite areas after executions
Since Saturday's execution of four Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia, hundreds or thousands of the minority sect have…
Saudi execution risks fueling sectarian tensions: US
The United States warned Saudi Arabia, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, that its execution Saturday of a…
Hezbollah vows revenge for militant killed by Israeli strike
Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah on Monday vowed to respond to the killing in a suspected Israeli air strike near…
Senior Hezbollah figure killed in Israeli air raid in Syria
An Israeli air raid has killed a senior figure in the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, Samir Kuntar, near…
Lebanon refuses Syria’s request to return Gaddafi’s son
Lebanon's justice minister says he has refused a request from the Syrian government to return the son of Libya's…
Syrian troops seize air base in rebel-held suburb
Syrian troops and allied militiamen seized control of a sprawling military air base near Damascus on Monday,…
Egypt to join Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic coalition against terrorism’
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism,…
Kuwait court upholds one death sentence in mosque bombing
A Kuwaiti appeals court upheld one death sentence and overturned another in the case of an Islamist suicide…
Netanyahu acknowledges that Israel acts periodically in Syria
Israeli prime minister has acknowledged his country operates occasionally in Syria to prevent weapons from being…
Iran’s Rouhani urges end to Saudi ‘intrusions’ in Mideast
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called Monday on Saudi Arabia to end what he called the kingdom's "intrusions" in…
Iran expels second-ranking Bahraini diplomat in Tehran
Iran's Foreign Ministry has declared Bahrain's second-ranking diplomat in Tehran persona non grata and given him…
As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
For regional adversaries at loggerheads over the crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the disaster at the haj is…
Exiled Yemeni government pulls out of planned peace talks
Yemen's exiled government said on Sunday it would no longer attend U.N.-mediated peace talks with its adversaries…
Iran is ‘true enemy’ of Gulf Arabs: Kuwaiti MP
A senior Kuwaiti lawmaker on Sunday described Iran as the "true enemy" of Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab states, in a sign…
UAE condemns rebel ‘occupation’ of its Yemen embassy
The United Arab Emirates condemned the "occupation" of its embassy in Sanaa by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels,…
Saudi Arabia says arrests brothers linked to Islamic State bombing in Kuwait
Saudi authorities have arrested three brothers linked to a suicide bombing by a Saudi man on a shia Muslim mosque…
Deadly clashes shake Yemen’s Aden
Fighting raged Thursday in Yemen's battleground southern city Aden, a day after the United Nations declared its…
Arab air strikes hit Yemen as peace talks enter second day
Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the…
Saudi Shiites prepare mass funeral for bombing victims
Saudi Arabia's Shia minority prepared a mass funeral Monday for the victims of a mosque bombing that authorities…
1,850 killed, over 500,000 displaced in Yemen: UN
The United Nations said Tuesday that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result…
Yemen crisis: UN warns rebels after they seize power
The UN Security Council has warned of unspecified further steps if the Shia Houthi rebels who took power in Yemen…
Sabahi Vows to Protect El-Sisi if Elected President
Hamdeen Sabahi has vowed to protect Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi if he is elected president. The former army chief, who led…