Middle East

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The military chiefs of staff of Syria, Iran and Iraq will hold a rare meeting in Damascus to discuss “ways to combat terrorism”, the pro-Syrian government al-Watan daily reported on Monday. The paper gave no further…

Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri arrived in Damascus on Sunday at the head of a delegation to attend a meeting with Syrian and Iraqi military officials.Political sources…

Israeli forensic police inspect the scene of Palestinian shooting attack near the Jewish settlement of Ariel, in the occupied West Bank March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar AwadJERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least one Israeli was killed and two…

Israeli border police officers stand guard at an entrance door leading to the compound housing al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar AwadJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man…

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The spectre of sectarianism haunts the Middle East. It is blamed for chaos, conflict, and extremism. It defines what is seen as the region’s principal fault line: Sunni versus Shiite. It has the power and elegance of a grand theory that…

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed military General Kamel al-Wazir as transport minister on Sunday, after the previous minister resigned following a train crash that left more than 20 dead at Cairo’s main…

WASHINGTON — Despite the Islamic State group’s territorial losses, it is not surrendering and will morph into an insurgency marked by assassinations, improvised bomb attacks and ambushes, warned America’s top general in the Middle…

Russia S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system   WASHINGTON The Trump administration’s promise last year to slap sanctions on countries who buy Russian military equipment appears to have done little to deter key allies. For months,…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank on Monday and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring an officer, the Israeli military said. The…