Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi says country’s economy is being recovered from nearly collapsing because of the ongoing war and economic sanctions imposed by Western countries.
An Iraqi parliamentary candidate has been abducted by militant groups, as election results are expected to be announced within days.
A Syrian court has brought some 30,000 lawsuits over acts related to "terrorism" in the past two years, a pro-regime newspaper in the war-torn country said Sunday.
An Iranian official has rejected recent Western media reports claiming that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not been “convinced” in its talks with Iran.
The Palestinian rival groups of Hamas and Fatah have taken a major step toward forming a national unity government by hammering out a deal on new cabinet ministers.
Syrian army units have continued carrying out successful operations against the foreign-backed militant groups' gatherings and hideouts across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon their members and destroying their equipment.
Terrorists affiliated to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have started new wave of fierce clashes with other militant groups such as al-Nusra Front and the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in eastern Syria.
One of President Bashar al-Assad's two challengers in next month's election has praised his military campaign against extremist militants.
Countries neighboring Nigeria are ready to wage war against the Nigeria-based, al-Qaeda-linked group, Boko Haram, Chad's president says.
Yemeni army troops have killed two Saudi members of al-Qaeda in the south of the country, the Defense Ministry says.