World / Middle East

US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul offensive 27 Oct 2016 - 12:19 pm

Baghdad: A US general told AFP on Thursday that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led...

Erdogan, Obama discuss fight against ISIS 27 Oct 2016 - 11:43 am

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Barack Obama emphasized their determination to continue to fight ISIS especially in Syria and...

Turkey: Arrest warrants issued for 73 army pilots 27 Oct 2016 - 11:38 am

KONYA, Turkey: Warrants have been issued early Thursday for 73 Turkish army pilots in an anti-terror investigation, security sources said. According to a...

At Iraqi village, victory is fraught with risks in Mosul offensive 27 Oct 2016 - 11:10 am

FADILIYA, Iraq: Kurdish peshmerga fighter Germad Yihya stood on a small berm overlooking a village where he said Islamic State militants had been...

UNICEF says school attack may be deadliest of Syria war 27 Oct 2016 - 11:06 am

BEIRUT: The U.N. Children's agency says airstrikes in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province a day earlier may be the deadliest attack on a...

Turkey orders dozens of pilots detained in coup investigation - Anadolu 27 Oct 2016 - 10:13 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 73 air force pilots, the latest in a stream of police operations related to the...

Russia says its planes, and Syria's, have not flown over Aleppo for 9 days 27 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am

MOSCOW: Russian and Syrian warplanes have not flown closer than 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) of Syria's Aleppo for nine days, the Russian defence...

Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul 26 Oct 2016 - 09:32 pm

QAYYARA/BAGHDAD, Iraq: Islamic State fighters kept up on Wednesday their fierce defence of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi...

Israel recalls UNESCO ambassador in protest at Jerusalem resolutions 26 Oct 2016 - 08:57 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to UNESCO for consultations after the U.N. culture body adopted a second resolution in two weeks...

Syria airstrikes kill 22, mostly children, outside school in Idlib 26 Oct 2016 - 08:18 pm

BEIRUT: Airstrikes in Syria killed up to 22 people, mostly children, on Wednesday when warplanes struck a residential area housing a school complex...

Iraqi troop advance puts civilians on Mosul frontline 26 Oct 2016 - 02:50 pm

HASSAN SHAM, Iraq: White flags flying from their radio antennas, the pickup trucks laden with refugees and a few precious livestock snaked out...

Opposition commander urges Turkey to join Mosul battle 26 Oct 2016 - 01:30 pm

GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Turkish troops should take part in the ongoing operation to retake Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul from Islamic State, a commander linked...

81 police officers held for using coup-bid app 26 Oct 2016 - 01:10 pm

ISTANBUL: At least 81 police officers were arrested in Istanbul Wednesday for allegedly using a smartphone messaging app linked to the deadly July...

Turkey vows to press Syria offensive despite warning from pro-Assad forces 26 Oct 2016 - 12:34 pm

ANKARA/BEIRUT: Turkey said on Wednesday it will press its military offensive in Syria until Islamic State is driven from the town of al-Bab,...

Turkey undeterred by suspected Syrian air strike on forces it backs 26 Oct 2016 - 11:47 am

ANKARA: Turkey will not be deterred from its operations inside Syria after a suspected Syrian army helicopter bombed and killed Turkish-backed rebels, Foreign ...

Assad's allies warn Turkey against any Aleppo advance 26 Oct 2016 - 10:39 am

BEIRUT: Forces allied to President Bashar al-Assad in Syria warned Turkey on Wednesday against any advance towards their positions to the north and...

Suspected Syrian government air strike kills Turkey-backed rebels - Turkish army 26 Oct 2016 - 09:36 am

ANKARA: A suspected Syrian army helicopter dropped barrel bombs on Turkish-backed rebels on Tuesday, the Turkish military said, in what appeared to be...

Israeli forces could have avoided killings: Report 26 Oct 2016 - 12:38 am

Jerusalem: Reviews of shootings in which Israeli security forces killed a knife-wielding Palestinian and another throwing stones found the use of deadly violence...