World / Middle East

500 migrants drowned at sea. No one investigated 07 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: At around 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, a large blue fishing boat carrying hundreds of African migrants and their children...

Rebels seek ceasefire with Syrian army closer to retaking Aleppo 07 Dec 2016 - 07:13 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called on Wednesday for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded, but...

Egypt’s beekeepers under threat as economy slumps 07 Dec 2016 - 05:29 pm

SHIBIN EL KOM: Egypt’s beekeepers say their hives are under threat because of a shortage of sugar, as are the flowers and crops...

Libya’s NOC evacuated some staff, did not stop loadings after clashes near oil ports: statement 07 Dec 2016 - 05:21 pm

TRIPOLI: Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) evacuated non-essential staff from Es Sider port after reports of military clashes nearby on Wednesday but was...

Egyptian women’s rights advocate Azza Soliman detained 07 Dec 2016 - 05:14 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested prominent women’s rights advocate Azza Soliman on Wednesday, her foundation and a security source said, weeks after she was...

53 civilians killed by regime shelling in Syria 07 Dec 2016 - 04:16 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 53 civilians were killed Tuesday in regime attacks in the northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a civil defense...

Islamic State launches overnight attack against Iraqi troops in Mosul 07 Dec 2016 - 03:06 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Islamic State militants launched an overnight attack against Iraqi security forces in the southeastern part of Mosul, a day after troops...

4 migrants die, 34 rescued en route from Morocco to Europe 07 Dec 2016 - 02:22 pm

RABAT, Morocco: Moroccan authorities say four migrants have died and 34 have been rescued after their inflatable boat capsized between Morocco and Spain....

Syria rebels call for Aleppo truce, civilian evacuation 07 Dec 2016 - 01:50 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syrian rebels in Aleppo city called Wednesday for an immediate five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians to other opposition-held territory...

Turkey says pushing Aleppo talks between Russia, Syria opposition 07 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Moscow: Ankara is doing "everything possible" to facilitate negotiations between Moscow and Syrian opposition groups to halt the bloodshed in Aleppo, Turkey's premier...

Israeli missiles hit near airbase outside Damascus: Syria media 07 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

Damascus: Several Israeli missiles struck the notorious Mazzeh airbase outside Damascus overnight without causing any casualties, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday. "At...

Armed groups take control of Libyan town of Ben Jawad, close to major oil ports 07 Dec 2016 - 01:31 pm

BENGHAZI, Libya: Armed groups took control on Wednesday of the Libyan town of Ben Jawad, close to some of Libya's major eastern oil...

Turkish air strikes kill 23 Islamic State militants in Syria's al-Bab region 07 Dec 2016 - 01:07 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes pounded 12 Islamic State targets in the al-Bab region of northern Syria on Wednesday, killing 23 militants, the military said....

Aleppo rebels call for five-day ceasefire, talks about city's future 07 Dec 2016 - 12:48 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in besieged easternAleppo called for an immediate five-day ceasefire, negotiations about the future of the city and for medical and...

2 Turkish soldiers killed in bomb attack in Syria 07 Dec 2016 - 12:40 pm

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against 12 Islamic State targets in the al-Bab region of northern Syria on Wednesday and killed...

More than 50 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen 07 Dec 2016 - 12:04 pm

Aden: More than 50 people are missing and just two have been rescued after a cargo vessel sank off Yemen's Socotra island, authorities...

Suitors, husbands spurn Middle Eastern women disfigured by war 07 Dec 2016 - 11:56 am

AMMAN: Ahzan was shopping in a market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when an explosion ripped through the street, lifting her off...

Iran protest to UN on US congress recent extension of sanctions 07 Dec 2016 - 11:31 am

New York: Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced Iran's...