Russia is playing contradictory games in Syria and could come a cropper if Moscow misjudges a move or timing. Russia insists it is trying to put war-torn Syria back together again.

As the Saudis and Emiratis stepped up military action on rebel Houthi forces in and around the irreplaceable port of Hodeida in Yemen, UN envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Sanaa for talks with Houthi leaders on resuming peace talks and the UN humanitarian agency announced a "medi

Five months after US President Donald Trump announced he wanted to pull US troops out of Syria, the volatile man in the White House changed his mind.

Last Saturday, three ex-presidents, law makers, soldiers and select members of the public attended the funeral service in Washington for senator John McCain, who was lionised for fighting in a war the US lost and most citizens want to forget and for playing the maverick during hi

During his election campaign Republican candidate Donald Trump called foreign aid a waste of US tax dollars and pledged to spend on domestic rather than foreign development.He declared the US should halt funding "countries that hate us" without thinking why countries might “hate”

At least 18 people were injured when the Israeli air force struck the Said Al Meshal Cultural Centre in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza a week ago.

US President Donald Trump's "deal of the century" is certain to turn the Arabs against his administration if publicly presented. The only country in this region that could possibly accept the "deal" is Israel.

Where is the outrage? Last week, Daesh fighters slipped into the Druze-majority Sweida city and countryside and massacred more than 250 civilians, wounded scores and kidnapped three dozen women and men.

Israel has twice rejected Russian proposals for the deployment of forces in southern Syria following the capitulation of the insurgent forces in Daraa and Quneitra provinces.On Monday, Russia offered to exclude Hizbollah and pro-Iranian forces from a 100 kilometre-wide zone stret