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BAGHDAD – A series of car bombs in Iraq killed at least 17 people Friday, the latest in a spike in unrest ahead of Iraq’s first polls since 2010.

The blasts, which also wounded 105 people, struck within an hour of each other in t…

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels have seized a key town on a main highway between Damascus and the south in their latest advance in Daraa province on the border with Jordan, a watchdog said on Friday.

“Rebels seized control of Dael after d…

Hadi Fornaji

TRIPOLI – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan has used a busy two-day visit to the UAE to seek further support to build and develop Libya’s security forces.

Travelling with foreign minister Mohamed Abdelaziz, Zidan firs…

The Tunisian community was enraged after a video posted online made the rounds on social networking sites Thursday showing two men – one of whom was wearing a police uniform – dragging a woman by her arms and shirt on the floor. &a…

ISTANBUL – Turkey exported almost $120 million worth of gold to Iran in February, data showed, suggesting the two countries’ trade of gold for natural gas has resumed despite tighter US sanctions, though at levels below last year&am…

TRIPOLI – Libyan protesters have ended a nearly three-week blockade of an oil and gas field belonging to Waha Oil after the oil minister resolved their demands for jobs, a company official said Friday.

About 100 men from the nearby town of J…