An average of 1,000 refugees returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan daily during the first two weeks of April, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Category - Middle East
The US State Department approved a $295.6 million arms sale for two Kurdish Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions in Iraq
The OPCW said on April 19 that autopsies of the victims of the Khan Sheikhun attack showed the presence of sarin or a sarin-like substance.
Casualties are reported following an attack at a security checkpoint near St. Catherine's monastery in Egypt's South Sinai.
Telal Silo said at the first meeting of Raqqa Civic Council that, after its liberation, the SDF will give control of the city to the civilian council
Canada is deploying 60 airmen to northern Iraq to provide force protection and tactical transport for Canadian troops.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed victory in referendum to expand presidential powers while OSCE observers say contest was on “unlevel playing field”
Iran's Guardian Council released the list of 1,636 candidates registered for the country's 12th presidential election on May 19.
A coalition airstrike near al-Baaj on April 13 killed 12 Islamic State militants including two senior leaders, Iraqi Kurdistan security officials said
OPCW says alleged chemical weapons use in Khan Sheikhun, Syria on April 4 is "credible", while Syrian president Bashar al-Assad called reports "fabrication"