Saudi King Salman Urges International Effort to Thwart Iran Saudi Arabia's King Salman opened an emergency summit of Gulf Arab leaders in the holy city of Mecca on Thursday… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
More Somali Refugees Return Home as Conditions in Yemen Worsen A boat with 125 Somali refugees fleeing insecurity in Yemen arrived in the Somali port of Berbera Thursday. The voyage… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
US Troop Levels in Syria ‘Quite a Bit Lower’ with Help on the Way U.S. officials are touting a "measurable decrease" in the number of U.S. troops in Syria, though they refuse to say… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
US, China Defense Leaders Meet Amid Increased Tensions Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe held talks Friday in Singapore, as the secretary worked… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
Center in Northeastern Syria Seeks to Deradicalize IS Teens A child rehabilitation center in the Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria is hosting dozens of Islamic State (IS) child recruits in an… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
US ‘Concerned’ by Sophisticated, Deceptive Pro-Iran Social Media This article originated in VOA's Persian Service. Cindy Saine contributed from the State Department. The United States has reacted with concern… 05/31/2019 Aimeast
Deadly Blasts Rock Iraq’s Kirkuk At least five people were killed and 18 injured in a series of explosions in the Iraqi oil city of… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Netanyahu Shows Off Trump’s Map of Israel with Golan Heights Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has gifted him an official State Department… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Israel Heads to New Elections Israel is in political turmoil after its parliament voted to dissolve itself a month after it was sworn in. Just… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Saudi Arabia Asks Nations to Respond to Iran With ‘Firmness’ Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront recent attacks in the region that the U.S. and… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Israel to Hold New Elections After Netanyahu Fails to Build Coalition Israel is heading for new elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new government by Wednesday. Netanyahu… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Israeli Parliament Dissolves in Favor of Another Early Election Israel's parliament voted early Thursday morning to dissolve itself and hold a second early election after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Turkey Brings Home Dozens of IS Children from Iraq The Iraqi Central Court of Investigation Wednesday handed over 188 children of Islamic State (IS) Turkish citizens to Turkish authorities… 05/30/2019 Aimeast
Journalists Accuse Syrian Government Forces of Targeting Reporters Pro-government forces in Syria have been deliberately targeting journalists covering the war there, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists,… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
US Official: Russia Unlikely to Support Full-Scale Offensive on Syria’s Idlib A senior U.S. official said Wednesday that Washington does not believe Russia will allow an all-out military offensive on the… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
Family, Lawyer: Egypt Has Rearrested Al-Jazeera Reporter Egyptian authorities rearrested an Al-Jazeera journalist who was ordered released last week after more than two years in detention on… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
Libyan Commander Hands Over Prominent Militant to Egypt A prominent Egyptian militant wanted for scores of terror attacks in his country was handed over by Libyan forces loyal… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
US Official Accuses Iran of Tanker Attacks Off UAE U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that Iran was "almost certainly" responsible for attacks earlier this month on… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
US ‘Concerned’ Iran’s Intranet Project Will Repress Internet Freedom This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. Nike Ching contributed from the State Department. The Trump administration has expressed concern… 05/29/2019 Aimeast
HRW: Egyptian Security Forces Committed Widespread Abuses in Northern Sinai The Egyptian military and police forces have committed widespread abuses in the northern Sinai Peninsula, according a new report by… 05/28/2019 Aimeast