World / Middle East

Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills more than 140 13 Nov 2017 - 07:45 am

TEHRAN: A powerful earthquake shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday, killing more than 140 people and injuring 860 in the mountainous region of...

Quake strikes Iran’s border towns with Iraq, several killed 12 Nov 2017 - 09:54 pm

ANKARA: Several people were killed and many others were injured in border areas of Iran when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck neighbouring...

Some Iranian villages damaged by earthquake of 7.3 in Iraq 12 Nov 2017 - 09:53 pm

ANKARA: At least eight villages were damaged in Iran after an earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 struck Iraq on Sunday, Iran’s state TV...

Israel signals free hand in Syria as US, Russia expand truce 12 Nov 2017 - 09:24 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel signalled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied...

Iraq helicopter crash kills three 12 Nov 2017 - 02:08 pm

Kout, Irak: An Iraqi army helicopter crashed Sunday south of Baghdad during a training exercise killing all three crew members due to a...

Occupation forces detain 9 Palestinians in West Bank 12 Nov 2017 - 11:27 am

Ramallah: The Israeli occupation forces arrested nine Palestinians in various West Bank cities during raids campaigns on Sunday. The Israeli occupation army claimed...

Jordan, Russia, US agree on de-escalation zone in Syria 12 Nov 2017 - 09:53 am

AMMAN, Jordan: Amman, Moscow and Washington have agreed to establish a temporary "de-escalation zone" in southern Syria, according to Jordan’s official Petra news...

Iraqi forces take IS-held sub-district in Anbar 12 Nov 2017 - 09:38 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces on Saturday recaptured a sub-district from the IS terrorist group in the western Anbar province, according to an army officer....

Trump, Putin agree 'no military solution' in Syria 12 Nov 2017 - 09:26 am

Danang, Vietnam: The United States and Russia issued a presidential joint statement saying there was "no military solution" to the war in Syria...

Iran acquires atomic battery technology 12 Nov 2017 - 08:59 am

Tehran, A senior aide to the head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) announced on Saturday that the AEOI experts had...

Occupation forces arrest police chief in Palestinian authority 12 Nov 2017 - 08:59 am

Occupied Jerusalem: The Israeli occupation army arrested Colonel Ali Al Qaimari, the police chief of the Jerusalem governorate and its suburbs in the...

Islamic State retakes almost all of vital Syria border town 11 Nov 2017 - 03:39 pm

Beirut: Islamic State group jihadists have recaptured nearly all of Albu Kamal, putting up a fierce fightback for what had been the last...

Israel downs Syrian drone over Golan Heights: army 11 Nov 2017 - 02:56 pm

Jerusalem: The Israeli army said it had shot down a Russian-made Syrian drone carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...

Tens of thousands commemorate Arafat in Hamas-run Gaza 11 Nov 2017 - 01:58 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza on Saturday to commemorate the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat...

Iraqi forces launch operation to liberate Rawa district 11 Nov 2017 - 01:19 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi forces launched Saturday an operation liberate the Rumana and Rawa districts in Anbar province, the last remaining towns under the ISIS...

Iranian warplane crashes during training, pilot killed 11 Nov 2017 - 12:36 pm

Tehran,: An Iranian fighter jet crashed Saturday during a training exercise and the pilot was killed, the website of the elite Revolutionary Guards...

Airstrikes kill 10 militants in Egypt’s Sinai 11 Nov 2017 - 12:04 pm

CAIRO: Ten terrorists were killed during an airstrike in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula, according to security sources. Apache helicopter gunships raided the terrorists'...