World / Middle East

On Syria border, Mosul refugees trapped under IS fire 24 Oct 2016 - 02:28 pm

Rajm Al-Salibeh, Syria: They have escaped the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul but hundreds of Iraqis seeking refuge in neighbouring war-torn Syria...

Yazidis say Islamic State offensive blocked in Sinjar, west of Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 12:26 pm

BAGHDAD: U.S.- backed Kurdish fighters blocked an offensive launched by Islamic State on Monday in Sinjar, a Yazidi territory west of Mosul, a...

Israeli air force targets Palestinian resistance site 24 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am

Gaza: The Israeli Force targeted on Monday morning a site of the Palestinian resistance, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of...

Insight: Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further 24 Oct 2016 - 10:07 am

ERBIL: It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world's...

Israeli forces hit Gaza after rocket launch 24 Oct 2016 - 09:45 am

Jerusalem: Israel's air force hit a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave...

US casualty in Iraq shows risks of shifting front lines 23 Oct 2016 - 08:57 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: New details from a U.S. military investigation into Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan’s death in Iraq are illustrating the twin...

French foreign minister calls for end to Aleppo 'massacre' 23 Oct 2016 - 08:00 pm

Nizip, Turkey: France's foreign minister urged the international community to "do everything" to end the "massacre" in the Syrian city of Aleppo on...

Iraq booze ban sparks political backlash 23 Oct 2016 - 07:52 pm

Baghdad: Secular Iraqis woke up feeling hungover on Sunday, after a surprise parliament vote they claim is unconstitutional and shows that dominant religious...

Insight: Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further 23 Oct 2016 - 07:44 pm

ERBIL: It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world’s...

On road to Mosul, Kurd doctors fear being overwhelmed 23 Oct 2016 - 07:26 pm

Nawaran, Iraq: At a field hospital out in the open, a few kilometres (miles) from newly carved front lines in northern Iraq, Kurdish...

Syrian city runs out of space for the dead 23 Oct 2016 - 04:36 pm

DAMASCUS: Syrians in the opposition-held city of Douma are being forced to bury their dead in multi-layered graveyards as years of conflict make...

Egypt suspends TV anchor Mona Shukri for Morsi comment 23 Oct 2016 - 04:20 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have suspended a TV anchor for describing ousted president Mohamed Morsi as “Mr President” during a news bulletin. Mona Shukri...

Israel arrests 19 in Jerusalem, closes West Bank 23 Oct 2016 - 04:14 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police have arrested 19 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank as the military closed off the occupied Palestinian...

Peshmerga forces capture 3 villages in Islamic State-held Mosul 23 Oct 2016 - 03:59 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces have captured another three villages in Mosul as part of an ongoing offensive to oust Islamic State terrorists...

Iraq says senior Islamic State leader killed in Mosul airstrike 23 Oct 2016 - 03:36 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: A senior aide to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an airstrike in the northern city of...

Iraq's parliament votes to ban alcoholic beverages 23 Oct 2016 - 02:45 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to ban alcoholic beverages, lawmakers said, a move that worried Iraqis who see the growing influence of...

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers 23 Oct 2016 - 02:15 pm

Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting...