World / Middle East

Hijack ends peacefully as Gaddafi loyalists surrender 23 Dec 2016 - 10:37 pm

Valletta: Hijackers forced an airliner to land in Malta yesterday then freed all their hostages unharmed and surrendered after declaring their loyalty to...

Berlin attack suspect pledged allegiance to IS in video 23 Dec 2016 - 08:34 pm

Cairo: The main suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack was shown pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video released...

Libyan plane hijack ends peacefully in Malta 23 Dec 2016 - 07:27 pm

Two hijackers of a Libyan aircraft with 118 people on board surrendered to authorities on the island of Malta hours after claiming to...

Syria army, civilians reclaim ruined Aleppo streets 23 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

Aleppo: Syrian troops cemented their hold on Aleppo on Friday after retaking full control of the city, as residents anxious to return to...

Libyan plane hijacked, lands in Malta with 118 on board 23 Dec 2016 - 02:46 pm

VALLETTA: An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked by a man claiming to have a hand grenade on Friday and...

IS 'burns Turkish troops alive' after Ankara vows no let-up 23 Dec 2016 - 12:12 pm

Beirut: The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive, after Ankara vowed to...

88 dead in Turkish raids on IS-held Syria town: monitor 23 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am

Beirut: At least 88 civilians have been killed in 24 hours of Turkish air strikes on an Islamic State group bastion in northern...

Syria's government recaptures all of Aleppo city 23 Dec 2016 - 02:54 am

The Syrian army announced the country's second city Aleppo has been fully recaptured from rebel fighters, the government's biggest victory in the nearly...

2 Palestinians end 90-day hunger strike 23 Dec 2016 - 02:33 am

Ramallah: Two Palestinian prisoners held by Israel ended a 90-day hunger strike yesterday after agreement was reached with Israeli authorities for their release...

Egypt suspends sentence for anti-graft chief 23 Dec 2016 - 02:33 am

Cairo: An appeals court yesterday suspended a prison sentence for Egypt's former anti-corruption chief, who was convicted of exaggerating the economic impact of...

Egypt delays vote on settlements after Israeli pressure 23 Dec 2016 - 02:33 am

Jerusalem: Under heavy Israeli pressure, Egypt yesterday delayed an expected UN vote on a proposed Security Council resolution that sought to condemn Israeli...

Aleppo evacuation is complete, Red Cross says 22 Dec 2016 - 09:37 pm

GENEVA: A week-long operation to evacuate tens of thousands of people from east Aleppo as well as two Shi’ite villages in Syria’s Idlib...

Lebanese lawmakers set to scrap law forgiving rapists who marry victim 22 Dec 2016 - 08:10 pm

NEW YORK: Women’s rights campaigners in Lebanon said they were confident that lawmakers were set to abolish a law that absolves convicted rapists...

Mideast conference in Paris on January 15 22 Dec 2016 - 07:01 pm

Paris: Around 70 countries will gather in France on January 15 for a conference to throw the international community's weight behind a two-state...

'World had to hear Aleppo children,' says Syrian girl blogger 22 Dec 2016 - 06:39 pm

Ankara: The seven-year-old Syrian girl whose Twitter account provided a tragic window for the world into the destruction of her hometown Aleppo on...

UN Security Council postpones vote on Israeli settlements: diplomats 22 Dec 2016 - 06:29 pm

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed a vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt its settlement activities in...

Aleppans to Idlib: Out of the frying pan into the fire 22 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm

Since December 15 an agreement brokered between Russia, Iran and rebel fighters to evacuate besieged communities in eastern Aleppo and the villages of...

UN envoy says Idlib could become the next Aleppo 22 Dec 2016 - 05:13 pm

GENEVA/AMMAN: A senior United Nations official warned on Thursday that thousands of people evacuated from rebel-held areas of Aleppo after a crushing government...