US envoy to UN denounces use of 'human shields' in Middle East
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday accused Hamas of "using children as cannon fodder." Speaking at a meeting of the...
Middle East
Syria is death trap for civilians, UN refugee chief warns
Civilians can no longer flee fighting and bombing raids in Syria because borders are so tightly controlled and neighboring countries...
Hezbollah operative killed in mysterious blast in Lebanon
A Hezbollah operative died of his wounds Tuesday morning following an explosion in his home in the coastal city of...
Iranian FM says it's 'all or nothing' on nuclear deal
The European powers involved in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran should convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to exit...
Iran: US push to change nuke deal sends 'very dangerous message'
The U.S. push to change the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement is sending a "very dangerous message" that countries should never...
Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria attack site
Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from the Syrian town of Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected poison gas...
Assad steps up efforts to crush Syria's last besieged enclaves
The Syrian government stepped up its efforts on Thursday to retake the opposition's last besieged enclaves, as rebels prepared to withdraw from one and a newspaper reported...
Investigators barred from inspecting suspected Syria gas attack site
Syrian and Russian forces prevented independent investigators from visiting the scene of a suspected chemical attack in Syria, the head...
Hezbollah chief dismisses US-led strikes on Syria as failure
The leader of the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah said Sunday that Western strikes on Syria had failed to undercut its...
Mideast 'chaos' threatens global peace, UN chief warns
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres warned Friday that the Middle East is in such "chaos" that it has become...