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16 Houthis killed, wounded in clashes with military army in Taiz 19 Dec 2016 - 10:57 am

Sana'a: Nine of Houthi's militant group and the overthrown president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed and seven others were wounded during clashes with...

7 soldiers wounded in Al-Bab, Syria 19 Dec 2016 - 10:37 am

ANKARA: Seven soldiers have been wounded during Operation Euphrates Shield near the Islamic State-held city of Al-Bab, northern Syria, Turkish military sources said...

Turkey mourns martyrs of Kayseri terror attack 19 Dec 2016 - 10:28 am

KAYSERI, Turkey: The bodies of seven soldiers martyred in Saturday’s suicide car bomb attack in central Kayseri province were handed over to their...

217 IS targets hit in Syria 19 Dec 2016 - 10:24 am

ANKARA: 217 Islamic State targets were hit on Sunday in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. The Turkish Armed Forces said...

Suicide bombing kills 43 soldiers in Yemen’s Aden 19 Dec 2016 - 10:15 am

ADEN, Yemen: At least 43 soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State terrorist group in Yemen’s southern city of...

Car bombing kills 2 in Iraq’s Fallujah 19 Dec 2016 - 10:12 am

ANBAR, Iraq: A car bombing killed two people in Iraq’s western city of Fallujah on Sunday, according to a local police officer. Five...

1,000 leave rebel Aleppo in new evacuation 19 Dec 2016 - 09:58 am

Beirut: More than 1,000 people were evacuated from the last rebel-held pocket of Syria's Aleppo early on Monday after hours of delay, a...

Jordan shooting ambushes kill 10, including Canadian tourist 19 Dec 2016 - 01:56 am

Gunmen assaulted Jordanian police in a series of attacks Sunday, including at a Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing seven officers, two local...

France, Russia reach compromise as Aleppo rescue uncertain 19 Dec 2016 - 01:50 am

BEIRUT: France struck a compromise Sunday with Russia on a U.N. resolution that it said would prevent "mass atrocities" in besieged areas of...

48 Yemeni soldiers dead in IS bombing 18 Dec 2016 - 11:15 pm

Aden: A suicide bomber from the Islamic State (IS) group killed at least 48 Yemeni soldiers in Aden yesterday, the latest in a...

Israeli settlers accept deal 18 Dec 2016 - 08:42 pm

Tel Aviv:Residents of f a wildcat settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank voted yesterday to evacuate their hilltop outpost peacefully, a week before...

Russia to veto UN measure on Aleppo observers United Nations 18 Dec 2016 - 08:42 pm

Russia is prepared to use its veto to block a French-drafted resolution on sending UN observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and help...

Aleppo evacuation resumes after Syrian rebels, pro-government forces reach deal 18 Dec 2016 - 06:31 pm

BEIRUT/AMMAN: A number of buses containing fighters from east Aleppo and their families left the last rebel-held sector of the Syrian city on...

Gunmen attack buses sent to evacuate Syria pro-regime villages 18 Dec 2016 - 06:24 pm

Beirut: Gunmen attacked buses sent to evacuate people from two pro-regime villages in northwest Syria on Sunday but a senior military source said...

Canadian killed in shootout at Jordanian castle, other tourists believed to be trapped 18 Dec 2016 - 06:00 pm

AMMAN: A Canadian woman was killed in a shootout between police and armed men who had holed themselves up in a medieval castle...

Evacuation buses of fighters and families start to leave Aleppo: state media 18 Dec 2016 - 05:35 pm

BEIRUT: A number of buses containing fighters from east Aleppo and their families have started to leave the last rebel-held sector of the...

Syrian rebels, pro-government forces reach deal to evacuate Aleppo, Shi’ite villages 18 Dec 2016 - 05:29 pm

BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian rebels and pro-government forces reached a deal on Sunday to resume evacuations from east Aleppo in exchange for people being allowed...