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Iran says U.S. has plan to divide Iraq, pleads with Iraqis to resist

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday accused the United States of trying to divid...

Nov 24, 2015 09:10 AM EST

Iraq using info from new intelligence center to bomb Islamic State: official

Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State insurgents with help from a new intelligence center with staff ...

Oct 14, 2015 01:24 AM EDT

Qatar says Putin's Syria plan ignores root cause of crisis

Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday there was general international agreement with Russia on its...

Sep 29, 2015 07:00 AM EDT

Iran leader demands Saudi Arabia apologise for haj deaths

Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy cit...

Sep 27, 2015 08:01 AM EDT

Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen's Taiz: residents

Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensifi...

Aug 24, 2015 07:44 AM EDT

Diplomats and U.N. staff flee Yemen as Houthis target Aden

Saudi Arabia's navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen on Saturday and the United Nations pull...

Mar 28, 2015 06:16 PM EDT

U.N. council demands Houthis withdraw, end Yemen violence

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdr...

Feb 16, 2015 06:30 AM EST

Thousands protest against Houthi rule in Yemen after embassies close

Yemenis in the capital Sanaa and the central city of Taiz held the largest protests yet against a ta...

Feb 12, 2015 07:49 AM EST

Yemen crisis is first big test for Saudi Arabia's King Salman

The turmoil hitting Saudi Arabia's neighbor Yemen will pose the first big test for King Salman, and ...

Jan 26, 2015 05:32 AM EST