250,000 refugees could return to Syria next year: UN

AFP | A quarter of a million Syrian refugees could return home next year, despite massive hurdles facing returnees, the UN said Tuesday, urging support...

A formal Arab-USA alliance brewing against Iran

News Analysis | Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has unveiled the plan of the plausible, formal nexus between the United States of America and Arab...

Iran confirms recent missile test amid Western criticism

AFP | Iran confirmed on Tuesday that it had carried out a recent test of a medium-range ballistic missile after Western powers sharply criticized a...

Anti Iran Coalition: Arab countries talking with US for a military alliance

AFP| Arab countries are in talks with the United States for a new security agreement to protect the Middle East from "external aggression", Saudi Foreign...

US accuses Russia of lying on Syria attack to undermine truce

AFP | The United States and Britain accused Russia on Friday of fabricating a story about chemical weapons use by Syrian rebels and warned Moscow...

Huawei exec faces US fraud charges linked to Iran

AFP | Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard Friday,...

OPEC, partners face stiff test to agree oil cut deal

AFP | OPEC ministers resumed talks Friday before further discussions with 10 key partner countries, including Russia, later in the day to thrash out an...

Qatari Emir invited to GCC summit despite tensions with KSA

AFP | Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has received an invite from Saudi Arabia to attend this month's Gulf Cooperation Council summit, despite...

Iran FM accuses ‘foreign-backed terrorists’ for Chabahar attack

AFP | Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused "foreign-backed terrorists" for attacks Thursday in the port city of Chabahar that killed two people and...

Timeline of recent attacks in Iran by militant groups

AFP | The Islamic State group claimed a deadly gun assault against a military parade in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran on Saturday,...

Chabahar rocked by Bomb attack: 3 killed

News Analysis | A suicide bomber killed at least two people and wounded many more outside police headquarters in the port city of Chabahar in...

US Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the...