World / Middle East

Regime airstrikes kill 10 in Syria's Raqqa 19 Jun 2016 - 05:00 pm

RAQQA: At least 10 people were killed in regime airstrikes in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday, according to local sources....

Iraq faces humanitarian disaster after Fallujah breakthrough 19 Jun 2016 - 04:57 pm

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah tip over an empty water container at a camp suffering from water and food shortages...

30,000 displaced from Iraq's Fallujah in 3 days: NGO 19 Jun 2016 - 01:35 pm

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah wait for water to be delivered at a camp suffering from water and food shortages...

Turkish border guards fire on fleeing Syrians, 8 dead: monitor 19 Jun 2016 - 01:13 pm

File photo/ For representation only Beirut: Eight displaced Syrians, including four children, were killed by Turkish border guards while trying to flee their...

Turkish army destroys Islamic State targets in Syria's north 19 Jun 2016 - 12:35 pm

By Seyit Ahmet Aytac ANKARA: Turkish army howitzers have destroyed six Islamic State targets in northern Syria, military sources said Sunday. Speaking on...

Israeli troops arrest 11 Palestinians in West Bank 19 Jun 2016 - 12:15 pm

AFP/ File photo Ramallah: Israeli occupation troops early Sunday arrested11 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said...

Russia, U.S. agree on need to improve military coordination in Syria: Russian defence ministry 19 Jun 2016 - 11:40 am

MOSCOW: Russia and the United States have agreed on the need to improve coordination to avert incidents while conducting military operations in Syria,...

Hezbollah, Syrian regime forces clash in Aleppo 19 Jun 2016 - 10:32 am

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij...

Egypt's Morsi sentenced to life in espionage trial 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial on espionage charges at...

Iraqi forces attack Islamic State south of Mosul 18 Jun 2016 - 01:26 pm

Iraqi government forces are seen on June 16, 2016 after recapturing the town of Zankura, northwest of Ramadi in Anbar province, from the...

Hezbollah denies clashes with Syrian regime forces 18 Jun 2016 - 12:58 pm

By Hamza Takin BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah group has denied reports about clashes with Syrian regime forces in northern Syria. In a statement...

Iraq forces eye Mosul after Fallujah breakthrough: minister 18 Jun 2016 - 08:38 am

Iraqi counter terrorism forces are pictured in Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighbourhood during an operation to retake the area from the Islamic State (IS)...

Dawn attacks on Kurdish quarter of Syria's Aleppo kill seven - monitor 18 Jun 2016 - 08:02 am

A Syria Democratic Forces fighter takes a position as he looks at Manbij's mills where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo Governorate,...

Iraqi forces retake Fallujah from Islamic State 18 Jun 2016 - 07:35 am

Members of the Iraqi counter terrorism forces walk on a street in Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighbourhood during an operation to retake areas from...

Al-Jubeir stresses convergence of Saudi, US positions on Syrian crisis 18 Jun 2016 - 06:51 am

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on June 17, 2016 shows deputy crown prince and Minister of Defence, Prince Mohammed...

Obama, Saudi prince focus on Iraq and Syria in Washington meeting 18 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on June 17, 2016 shows deputy crown prince and Minister of Defence, Prince Mohammed...

Bashir declares ceasefire in Blue Nile, South Kordofan: Sudan army 18 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's forces have been battling the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in the two states since 2011, and neither...