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…
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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…
