Middle East Travel News

Perched on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, Hagia Sophia - with its spectacular dome, elegant curves and towering minarets - is an iconic sight for millions of tourists visiting the city each year.

Damas, the Middle East's foremost jewellery and watch retailer, celebrated the refurbishment of its Dubai Mall flagship boutique with a ribbon cutting.

Flights to Amman from Heathrow start at a 270 one-way with Royal Jordanian . Fly to Heathrow with Aer Lingus .

New Delhi, Dec 6 : The capital will host an Israeli Film Festival starting Saturday.

The chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, announced that former UK foreign minister Jack Straw has been invited to visit Tehran.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel addresses the International Institute of Strategic Studies conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Saturday.

MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 6, 2013 - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel started his first full day in Bahrain this week by visiting service members and civilian mariners aboard the USS Ponce, which he called "a purely remarkable ship."

Sailors from Hampton Roads are likely to keep steaming east to the Persian Gulf for some time to come, playing a critical role in keep sea lanes open through the Strait of Hormuz that links the oil-rich area to the rest of the world, Sen. Tim Kaine said Friday, during a break in a visit to the region.

A United Nations arms expert collects samples near Damascus. Analysts say the U.N.'s schedule for eliminating Syria's chemical weapons is unfeasible.

Amid an acute shortage of tap water, the first heavy rains of the season have arrived.

Bay Area filmmaker Tiffany Shlain first visited Israel 15 years ago on her honeymoon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks near US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting on November 6, 2013 in Jerusalem.

Hazem Hallak e-mailed me after lunch Thursday. "Can you talk?" he wrote from his home in Merion.

The Foreign Ministry called on the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency to return a working definition of "anti-Semitism" to its website, after removing it last month.

Fishermen remove their boats ahead of a storm at the corniche in Beirut as snow covers the peaks of the mountains in the background, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

After a year in the air, and some 100,000 passengers carried to and from Israel, low-cost airline Wizz Airline will be celebrating with a very grounded party, on a bus roving around Tel Aviv on Friday.

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari with British Ambassador Nicholas Hopton and other officials during the opening of the 24th Doha International Book Fair at Doha International Exhibition Centre yesterday.

On Thursday, the Jerusalem Post reported that United States Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

From my involvement with Mashav in recent years, I can reassure readers that this is not the case.

A modular ring from Alia Mouzannar's "My Other Ring" collection sold for $20,000 for charity.