Italian energy group finds oil off Egypt coast;

ISIS cracks down in Iraq town after protest;

ISIS bombs temple in Palmyra;

Houthis raid homes of opponents in capital;

Yemen factions to battle over central province  

Turkey takes off gloves in battle against ISIS;

Iraqi forces attack Islamic state base in Ramadi;

Iran accuses Bahrain of stoking Gulf tensions;

Fighting continues in Yemen as ceasefire quickly unravels;

Kyrgyz leader says U.S. 'sought chaos' by decorating dissident  

Explosion kills 27 at southern Turkish border town;

France delivers fighter jets to Egypt;

ISIS uses chemical weapons against Kurdish forces;

Yemen death toll from rebel shelling nearly 100 U.S. warns Kyrgyzstan that strained ties threaten aid  

ISIS imposes fuel blockade;

Bahrain seizes explosives bound for Saudi Arabia;

Libya's Tripoli forces hit ISIS;

Turkey warns U.S. about Kurdish advances in Syria;

Yemeni rebels persist  

U.S. ends support to rival Shia groups in Lebanon;

Opposition wants Erdogan out of coalition talks;

Al Qaeda the "

lesser evil"

in Syria?';

Militias oppose ISIS in Libya;

More troops to Iraq to fight ISIS;