Middle East

The Syrian government has finished preparations for the parliamentary elections due on Sunday as voters are hoping for a change that could resolve the economic hardships in the country. Over 7,400 polling centers have been […]

Kuwait on Saturday reported 683 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 58,904 and the death toll to 407, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Currently, 9,477 patients […]

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested a number of people affiliated to “anti-revolutionary” groups who were inciting protests in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, semi-official Fars news agency reported Friday. “Some of these […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that Iran supports peace process in Afghanistan with the participation of all Afghan parties, Tasnim news agency reported Friday. All Afghan groups, such as the Taliban, should take part in the […]

A commander of an Iraqi army’s brigade was killed on Friday in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in the north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. “A terrorist act targeting a […]

Two civilians were killed and three Islamic State (IS) militants were captured on Friday in Iraq, security sources said. A roadside bomb exploded on a civilian car near a village in south of the town […]

The summer temperature has reached around 50 degrees Celsius in Iraq, while millions of Iraqis are suffering from endemic electricity shortages. “Although Iraq is an oil-rich country, Iraqi citizens are living in a daily tragedy […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani discussed the Iran nuclear deal, the situation in Syria and the fight against COVID-19 in a phone conversation Thursday, the Kremlin said in a statement. […]