Readers of LJ Ross will know it from her third book in her DCI Ryan series, Heavenfield, published in 2016. But it's also an ...

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, AFP journalists witnessed. "We ...

The National Trust collected seeds from the fallen Sycamore Gap tree which stood beside Hadrian's Wall in the North of England for about 300 years. It has donated 49 saplings – one to represent ...

The Sycamore Gap tree stood beside Hadrian's Wall in the North of England for about 300 years [Getty Images] A charity has said it feels "proud" to be given a sapling from the iconic Robin Hood ...

THE West has long had strong economic ties with the Middle East, not least given the latter’s huge endowments of the world’s oil reserves. However, Middle Eastern nations are increasingly looking East ...

The fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad overturned the most profitable drug-smuggling network in the Middle East, exposing the former regime’s role in manufacturing and trafficking pills that ...

Listen Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Save Sign in and save to read later What is happening in the Middle East today is best understood as a struggle over a new regional order. Since the ...

The United States sent an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East after a month-long sea power gap in the region, where an Iranian-backed armed group continued to attack U.S. forces at sea.

Photo: Getty Images The Middle East never ceases to surprise—and disappoint. These days the region looks like a model for much of the world, and current events complicate President-elect Trump ...

If Julani is to remain in power for the coming years, he could play a transformative role in Syria and the Middle East. Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani (photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud ...