Oman Air will return to scheduled service on October 1 with flights to 16 cities in 12 countries, according to a statement.

Clashes in Syria between pro-regime forces and Islamic State group, along with air strikes, have killed at least 28 fighters in the northern province of Raqa, a war monitor said Tuesday.

President Michel Aoun warned yesterday Lebanon was going “to hell” if a new government was not formed, and said agreeing one could need a miracle after positions had hardened between rival factions.

Lebanon yesterday held a concert for the victims of last month’s deadly Beirut blast in the grounds of a 19th-century palace wrecked by the massive explosion.

Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday in the most extensive strikes since a Turkish-Russian deal halted major fighting with a ceasefire nearly six months ago.

Iran said Sunday the United States is facing "maximum isolation" after major powers dismissed a unilateral US declaration that UN sanctions on Tehran were back in force.

Deaths in Iran from the novel coronavirus have topped 24,000, the health ministry said yesterday, blaming reduced use of face masks by the public.

The Kuwaiti Amiri Diwan announced that US President Donald Trump has awarded Amir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander.

Israel bombed Gaza yesterday after militants fired rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington.

A fire erupted in a landmark building in Beirut’s commercial district yesterday, the second blaze this month to send shudders through a capital still in shock after a massive port blast in August ripped through the Mediterranean city.

Lebanon’s factional rivalries put the brakes on moves to form a new government yesterday on the eve of a deadline agreed with France and stalling efforts to exit a dire economic crisis.

Palestinian leaders yesterday called for demonstrations against the “shameful” deals the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are set to sign with Israel.