Middle East and North Africa

Cairo (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Hisham al-Ashmawy, a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant, and

Phoenix (Reuters) – A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda

Cairo – President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Saturday to cut off all security ties with both Israel and

Washington (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday said it will allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue their

Istanbul (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara is losing patience with the military assault in Syria’s Idlib

Dubai (Reuters) – Oman’s health ministry on Friday advised against travel to China because of the coronavirus outbreak. “It is

United Nations (Reuters) – Truckloads of medical aid for civilians in Syria’s northeast is stuck in Iraq, the United Nations

Baghdad (Reuters) – Iraq’s military said on Thursday it was resuming operations with the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State which

Paris (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey’s president on Wednesday of breaking promises made at a conference on

Dubai (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had fired rocket and drone strikes at Saudi targets