Middle East News

France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent More »

By Erika Solomon HERMEL, Lebanon (Reuters) - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with More »

A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry More »

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of More »

Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic More »

Middle East unrest increases the chance of Israel becoming embroiled in a surprise war, the head of its air force said on Wednesday. More »

By Arshad Mohammed and Erika Solomon AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad More »

Forty Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed in fighting with rebels who captured an army camp near the town of Nayrab in the northwestern province More »

Gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a Baghdad brothel on Wednesday, in the same area where alcohol shops were hit by a deadly attack last week, More »

Al-Jazeera is the Middle East and North Africa's most-watched Arabic-language television channel, according to an independent survey, the Qatar-based broadcaster More »

William Hague has warned that Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hizbollah are "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al Assad. More »

The conflict in Syria has displaced more than two-thirds of Palestinian refugees living in the country, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees said More »

Israel's ability to deter attack on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights remains undiminished despite an uptick in fire from the Syrian side of the ceasefire More »

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed a $2.1 billion deal with Omani leaders to supply an American-made air-defence system to the Arab state More »

Kidnappers freed Egyptian police and soldiers in the Sinai on Wednesday, as President Mohamed Morsi vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed to More »

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday contested the disqualification of a close aide from next month's presidential election by a conservative body that also More »

Britain and Qatar urged President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Wednesday as major world powers gathered to seek ways toward a peaceful end to Syria's conflict. More »

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appealed Wednesday to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power More »

PARIS (Reuters) - France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in More »

By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders More »