World / Middle East

US and Gulf states united in goal to 'destroy' IS: Obama 21 Apr 2016 - 04:10 pm

US President Barack Obama attends the US - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 21, 2016. Bandar Algaloud...

All Syrian opposition members to leave Geneva talks by Friday 21 Apr 2016 - 03:42 pm

Syrian Kurdish National Council representative Abdul-Hakim Bashar (C) attends a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland on April 20, 2016. Mohammad Hannon - AA...

U.S., allies stage 24 strikes against IS in Iraq, Syria 21 Apr 2016 - 03:39 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State staged 24 strikes on Wednesday in Iraq and Syria in its latest daily operation against the...

Syrian opposition says regime must "stop massacres" before talks 21 Apr 2016 - 03:17 pm

(L-R) Assad Zoubi, Mohammad Alloush, leaders of Syrian opposition delegation, talk prior to Riad Hijab's, head of the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee...

40 pro-Syrian govt fighters surrender to Kurdish forces in Qamishli 21 Apr 2016 - 03:00 pm

A Kurdish female fighter of the People's Protection Units (YPG) gestures as government forces surrender themselves to Kurdish fighters in the city of...

Iranian hopefuls start campaigning for parliamentary runoffs - Radio 21 Apr 2016 - 12:17 pm

ANKARA: Campaigning for Iran’s parliamentary runoffs next week began on Thursday, state radio reported, when allies of President Hassan Rouhani and their hardline...

Obama begins summit with Gulf leaders 21 Apr 2016 - 11:46 am

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for during a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin...

Ethiopian troops seek kidnapped children in South Sudan 21 Apr 2016 - 11:03 am

By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian troops have crossed into South Sudan in search of 125 children abducted by an armed group last...

Hundreds evacuated from besieged Syria towns 21 Apr 2016 - 10:50 am

A Syrian Red Crescent vehicle leads a convoy leaving the besieged town of Madaya, on April 20, 2016 during an operation in cooperation...

Turkey has frozen assets of former Yemeni President Saleh: Official gazette 21 Apr 2016 - 09:33 am

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa May 21, 2014. REUTERS/ KHALED ABDULLAH ISTANBUL: Turkey has...

Do more in Iraq, US Pentagon boss tells Gulf 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

(From L to R) Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah, Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Khalid bin Mohamed...

UN starts to evacuate 500 people from besieged Syria towns 20 Apr 2016 - 06:31 pm

(File photo) Zabadani Zabadani, Syria: Twenty-five men were evacuated from a rebel-held stronghold west of the Syrian capital Wednesday, an AFP reporter said,...

Syrian peace talks in quagmire as rebels prepare for more war 20 Apr 2016 - 04:59 pm

A rebel-fighter monitors the sky holding a FN-6 man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) in the Syrian village of Teir Maalah, on the northern outskirts...

U.N. deeply concerned as exodus from Aleppo grows 20 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki fighters walk near damaged buildings in Handarat area, north of Aleppo, Syria, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail GENEVA: The...

Obama meets King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit 20 Apr 2016 - 02:57 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace upon his...

Two Syrian Kurdish security forces killed by government forces 20 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Picture from Qamishli in north-east Syria via twitter BEIRUT: Two members of the Syrian Kurdish security force, known as the Asayish, were killed...

Australian TV crew, mother held in Lebanon to be released 20 Apr 2016 - 02:02 pm

Lebanese policemen surround Australian TV presenter Tara Brown while escorting her from a Lebanese courthouse to Baabda Prison for women, in Baabda east...