Saudi Arabia is prepared to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen if the Iran-allied Houthis agree, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday, adding that he was sceptical about efforts for peace after previous ceasefire attempts had failed.

A Palestinian was handed a death sentence in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip Monday on charges of spying for Israel, a court source said.

Fourteen members of the same family were killed in an air strike in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Monday, emergency service workers said, as the Syrian government pursued its Russian-backed campaign ...

A top court in Bahrain on Monday overturned a nine-year jail term against Shia opposition chief cleric Ali Salman, convicted of inciting hatred and calling for forceful regime change.

Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the US-led coalition, launched an offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, the militants' last major stronghold in the country.

Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament yesterday following tensions between lawmakers and the government over a petrol price hike, setting the stage for early elections within two months.

Syrian rebels dealt a major symbolic blow to the Islamic State group yesterday by capturing the town of Dabiq where the militants had promised a fierce battle.

Kuwait's Emir ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday, opening the way to fresh elections, saying "security challenges" in the region could best be addressed by consulting the popular will.

The Iraqi army dropped tens of thousands of leaflets over Mosul before dawn on Sunday, warning residents an offensive to recapture the city from Islamic State was in its final stages of preparation, according to a military statement in Baghdad.

Yemen's Houthi rebels Sunday demanded an international probe into an air strike that killed more than 140 people at a funeral, after a Saudi-led Arab coalition admitted ‘wrongly’ hitting it.

Suspected Islamic State suicide bombers blew themselves up on Sunday during an anti-terror raid in the Turkish city of Gaziantep that left three police officers dead, officials and media reported.

Israel closed off the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip Sunday for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the army said, as concerns rose over whether visits to a sensitive holy site could lead to violence.