World / Middle East

Victory near for Iraq forces as IS leaves key compound 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Baghdad: Islamic State group fighters pulled out of their last stronghold in Ramadi Sunday, bringing Iraqi federal forces within sight of their biggest...

Saudi seizes five million amphetamine tablets 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

(For representational purpose / AFP) Riyadh: Saudi authorities said Sunday that they had seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11...

Hezbollah leader tells Israel to brace for retaliation over Qantar's death 28 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a commemoration service marking one week since the killing of...

All IS fighters have left Ramadi compound: force spokesman 27 Dec 2015 - 05:59 pm

Baghdad: The Islamic State group's fighters have all left the flashpoint former government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the spokesman of...

Iran cancels two football games over pollution 27 Dec 2015 - 05:35 pm

(AFP / File photo) Tehran: Iran postponed two premier league football matches on Sunday, state media said, as air pollution more than twice...

Iraqi forces surround Islamic State-held complex in Ramadi - spokesman 27 Dec 2015 - 05:22 pm

Smoke rises during an air strike in Ramadi city, December 26, 2015. BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have totally encircled the government complex in Ramadi,...

Erdogan accuses Iran of 'sectarian' policies in Syria 27 Dec 2015 - 05:14 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) on Sunday accused Iran of sectarian policies in neighbouring Syria by putting its weight behind Syrian...

U.S.-backed alliance captures key dam from IS 27 Dec 2015 - 04:49 pm

BEIRUT: A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups, supported by U.S. coalition planes,captured a dam on Saturday from Islamic State,...

Muslim states should fix Islam's public image: Rouhani 27 Dec 2015 - 01:47 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Muslim countries should strive to improve the world's opinion of...

Rebel chief death may hurt Syria talks, boost IS: Analysts 27 Dec 2015 - 01:43 pm

The death of opposition chief Zahran Alloush, pictured on July 21, 2015, appeared to derail a plan to evacuate thousands of jihadists and...

Baby killed in clashes between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels: Medics 27 Dec 2015 - 01:30 pm

File photo of Turkish soldiers at a checkpoint in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey Diyarbakir, Turkey: A three-month baby and her grandfather were killed in...

Russia says air force has not hit civilian targets in Syria 27 Dec 2015 - 12:55 pm

A site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in Karf Naseh town, Aleppo countryside, Syria. ...

Saudi air defense intercepts missile launched from Yemeni territories 27 Dec 2015 - 10:13 am

Riyadh: The Command of Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Sunday that the Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted last night a...

Israeli forces arrest 10 palestinians in West Bank 27 Dec 2015 - 09:46 am

The Israeli occupation forces arrested overnight Saturday 10 Palestinians dubbed as "wanted" in the West Bank. The Israeli (Jerusalem Post) daily claimed that...

Turkey arrests 10 suspected ISIS members 27 Dec 2015 - 09:33 am

Ankara: Turkish security forces have arrested 10 persons, including four foreigners, in Elbeyli town of Kilis, Southern Turkey, while sneaking into Turkey from...

Belgian college’s concerns over Paris attacker ignored: newspapers 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bilal Hadfi, 20, named as one of the attackers who detonated a suicide bomb outside the Stade de France in Paris on Nov....

15,000 protest Turkey's military crackdown on Kurdish rebels 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, in a protest against Islamic State. File photo Berlin: Around 15,000 people marched in Dusseldorf on Saturday to protest...