The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic

Thousands of Shiites gathered in Baghdad for a counter-rally called by Iran-backed groups against their rival, an influential cleric whose followers are staging a sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament, have left the area

Kuwait says it has formed a new government to defuse a protracted political feud that has blocked economic reforms in the oil-rich state

Turkey’s defense ministry says the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain will set off from the port of Odesa on Monday

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric have breached Iraq's parliament for a second time this week to protest the government formation efforts lead by Iran-backed groups

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties

Riot police have used water cannons to repel demonstrators who pulled down cement blast walls at the gate of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign embassies