A top Russian Foreign Ministry official has asserted the United States is to blame for the death of a Russian general killed in eastern Syria over the weekend.
U.S.-backed Syrian militias said Russian warplanes struck their positions in Deir al-Zor province on Monday, near a major natural gas field they seized from Islamic State in recent days.
Voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have begun casting ballots in an independence referendum, despite threats from Baghdad that it would fight to retain Iraq’s unity, including cutting off vital oil revenues.
President Donald Trump has issued new restrictions on people trying to enter the United States from eight nations -- adding North Korea and Venezuela to a list that also includes Iran -- to replace his expiring travel ban.
The leader of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region says a controversial vote on independence will go ahead as planned on September 25, despite mounting pressure to call off the referendum.
The Russian Defense Ministry says one of its generals, who was serving as an adviser to Syrian government troops, has been killed near the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, according to state news agency TASS.
Iranian military forces on September 24 launched military exercises in an area near the border with Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, a day before a controversial independence referendum in the northern Iraq region.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has responded to the latest Iranian ballistic missile test by warning of the day when a similar missile can carry a nuclear warhead.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran’s test launch of a new ballistic missile underscores his doubts about a landmark nuclear deal over the issue and accused the Middle Eastern country of colluding with North Korea.
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by fighter jets flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea on September 23.
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