World / Middle East

Insight: For Iran and Hezbollah, a costly week in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:49 am

People inspect a site hit by an airstrike in the rebel-controlled city of Idlib, Syria May 13, 2016. REUTERS/AMMAR ABDULLAH By Tom Perry...

Hezbollah blames Islamist extremists for killing military chief in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:12 am

Members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah carry a portrait of Mustafa Badreddine, a top Hezbollah commander who was killed in an attack...

GCC states denounce Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj 14 May 2016 - 05:42 am

Riyadh: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have denounced Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj and using the Islamic pillar to harm Saudi Arabia. Secretary-General...

Insurgents kill 19 seizing Syrian Alawite village: Observatory 13 May 2016 - 06:16 pm

File photo of women walking past damaged buildings along a street in the old city of Homs June 3, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI BEIRUT:...

Blast kills Hezbollah military chief in Syria 13 May 2016 - 05:27 pm

An undated handout picture released by the military media office of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah on May 13, 2016 shows its top military...

Women boxers punch through social taboos in Sudan 13 May 2016 - 04:02 pm

Arrafat Abkar, 22, waits in the ring during boxing practice at Nile Club in Khartoum May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah By Khalid...

Europe needs ‘new formula’ to solve visa-free deal with Turkey: Turkey’s EU minister 13 May 2016 - 02:47 pm

Turkey's Minister of EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir speaks during a joint press conference with President of the European Parliament after a meeting, on...

Eight wounded by car bomb near Istanbul military barracks 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the police special forces stand guard following a vehicle explosion near a military facility in Istanbul, Turkey, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Yagiz...

Residents hold protest blaming leaders for Baghdad carnage 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Shiite men carry the coffin of a victim of the bomb attack a day earlier in Baghdad's Sadr city, during a funeral...

Sudan’s Bashir defies arrest warrant with trip to Uganda 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Kololo independence grounds in Kampala, Uganda,...

Red Cross says aid convoy denied entry to besieged Syrian town 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Red Cross delivering life-saving medical supplies at Taiz, Yemen, February 13, 2016. Reuters BEIRUT: The Red Cross said an aid...

Clemency call for Iranian filmmaker facing 223 lashes 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

In this undated photo made available Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, shows, from left, film director Keywan Karimi, cameraman Arasto Givi and assistant director...

Explosion hits military post in Hadhramaut, Yemen 12 May 2016 - 05:37 pm

Aden: An unidentified number of Yemeni army soldiers was killed or injured in an explosion that targeted a military checkpoint in the Yemeni...

Explosion close to military barracks in Istanbul 12 May 2016 - 04:56 pm

ISTANBUL: A vehicle exploded near a military barracks in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul on Thursday, CNN Turk reported, the latest in a...

Wife of Palestine resistance icon eyes Nobel Peace Prize 12 May 2016 - 03:26 pm

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine: The wife of Palestinian resistance icon Marwan Barghouti is rallying efforts to have her husband -- who...

18,000 militiamen fight for Syria's Assad 12 May 2016 - 02:52 pm

By Selen Temizer, Levent Tok, Halit Süleyman, Mohamad Misto ALEPPO/ANKARA: Around 18,000 Shia militiamen are believed to be fighting alongside the Bashar al-Assad...

Truce ends in Syria's Aleppo as aid heads for besieged town 12 May 2016 - 02:47 pm

Aleppo, Syria: The truce in Syria's battleground city Aleppo expired Thursday with no new last-minute extension, as a besieged town near the capital...

Islamic State attack in western Iraq kills five 12 May 2016 - 02:08 pm

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi ANBAR, Iraq: Five Iraqi soldiers and pro-government tribesmen were killed on Thursday in a deadly attack by Islamic State militants...