World / Middle East

Iraqi PM designate gets challenge of forming government 03 Oct 2018 - 01:31 pm

Baghdad: Veteran Iraqi politician and now prime minister designate Adel Abdel Mahdi Wednesday began the tough task of forming the next government, seeking...

Syria hopes to jumpstart rebuilding despite massive hurdles 03 Oct 2018 - 01:14 pm

DAMASCUS, Syria: With back-to-back trade fairs held in Damascus this month, Syria is hoping to jumpstart reconstruction of its devastated cities by inviting...

Iraq elects new president in step toward forming government 02 Oct 2018 - 09:58 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament elected a veteran Kurdish politician as the country's new president on Tuesday, a step toward forming a new government nearly...

France accuses Iran over bomb plot near Paris 02 Oct 2018 - 09:58 pm

Paris: France accused Iran's intelligence ministry on Tuesday of being behind a foiled plot to bomb an exiled opposition group near the French...

Iran reaches 400 mln euro deal with Syria to build a power plant - ISNA 02 Oct 2018 - 04:20 pm

Turkey visit ‘sign of restored ties,’ says Dutch FM 02 Oct 2018 - 03:13 pm

ANKARA: The Dutch foreign minister has said his two-day visit to Turkey this week will show the mending of fences between Turkey and...

Number of U.S. diplomats doubled in Syria as Islamic State nears defeat: Pentagon chief 02 Oct 2018 - 02:46 pm

PARIS: The number of U.S. diplomats in Syria has doubled as Islamic State militants near a military defeat, U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis said...

Three die after Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy 01 Oct 2018 - 05:27 pm

MOGADISHU: Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armoured convoy in...

34 Syrian migrants seek asylum: Cypriot police 01 Oct 2018 - 02:04 pm

NICOSIA, Cyprus: Cypriot police say 34 Syrian migrants who arrived by boat in the east Mediterranean island nation are seeking asylum. Police said...

Iraq's Kurds hold elections for regional parliament 30 Sep 2018 - 07:47 pm

IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region held its long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a vote for independence sparked a punishing...

Three years of Russia strikes on Syria kill 18,000: monitor 30 Sep 2018 - 06:00 pm

Beirut: More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian air strikes on Syria since Moscow began its...

Iran sentences 3 suspects to death over financial crimes 30 Sep 2018 - 05:29 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's official IRNA news agency says the country's special courts have sentenced three to death over financial crimes and corruption. Sunday's...

UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December 30 Sep 2018 - 10:40 am

Tripoli: The UN envoy to Libya told AFP that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a...

Syria calls on US, French, Turkish forces to withdraw immediately 29 Sep 2018 - 08:37 pm

United Nations, United States: Syria's foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as "occupying forces" and...

Instagram star shot dead in Baghdad 29 Sep 2018 - 06:40 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi model and Instagram starlet Tara Fares has been shot dead at the wheel of her Porsche convertible in central Baghdad, sending...

Iraq 'regrets' US closure of Basra consulate 29 Sep 2018 - 01:09 pm

Baghdad: Iraq's foreign ministry voiced "regret" on Saturday over a US decision to shut its consulate in the southern city of Basra which...

Jordan denies reopening of Nassib border crossing with Syria 29 Sep 2018 - 12:40 pm

BEIRUT: Jordan denied on Saturday an announcement by Syria that the Nassib border crossing between the two countries had reopened, a government spokeswoman...

Syria reopens Nassib border crossing with Jordan 29 Sep 2018 - 10:42 am

BEIRUT: The Syrian government reopened the Nassib border crossing with Jordan on Saturday, said the transport ministry, three years after the major trade...