Turkey’s FM tackles long-held disputes with Iraq in first official visit

Tunisia to punish social media users guilty of criticising officials

Lebanon pins hopes on offshore oil exploration amid economic collapse

Taliban detains Iranian photojournalist, bringing media arrest tally to 5 in less than a month

Petra welcomed more than half a million visitors since January — PDTRA chief

The rose-red city of Petra has welcomed more than half a million visitors since the beginning of this year, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) Suleiman Farajat said on Sunday.

UAE’s Abrahamic Family House to open on March 1

US Navy intercepts vessel smuggling assault rifles from Iran to Yemen

The US Navy seized over 2,100 assault rifles from a ship in the Gulf of Oman it believes came from Iran and were bound for Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi militia, a Navy spokesman said Tuesday. It was the latest capture of weapons allegedly heading to the Arab world’s poorest country.

Al Qaeda succession after al-Zawahiri’s death still unclear -U.S. official

The succession of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a U.S. raid last year, remains unclear, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.

Michael Ratney tapped to be next US ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Ratney was recently the chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Jerusalem and previously served as the deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Qatar.

Syria talks to begin in Geneva this week