World / Middle East

Militias may move in to Fallujah if fight drags on: Commander 05 Jun 2016 - 04:06 pm

Iraqi pro-government forces and Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units fire rockets from the village of al-Azraqiyah towards Islamic State (IS) group...

bodies found on Libyan coast rises to 133 migrants 05 Jun 2016 - 03:54 pm

Security guards from the nearby Mellitah Oil and Gas terminal, on the outskirts of the northwestern Libyan port city of Zuwarah, retrieve the...

Syrian and Russian war jets step up bombing of Aleppo city: Monitor 05 Jun 2016 - 02:06 pm

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, walk amidst the debris following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces in...

Turkish warplanes target Kurdish militants, at least 27 killed - army 05 Jun 2016 - 12:48 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey and the army killed 27 fighters near its borders with...

US-backed Syrian rebels advance on IS bastion 05 Jun 2016 - 11:29 am

Beirut: US-backed Syrian rebels advancing on Islamic State group fighters in the strategic northern town of Manbij have progressed to within five kilometres...

Bahrain arrests 8 men trying to escape to Iran by boat- BNA 05 Jun 2016 - 11:04 am

DUBAI: Bahrain’s coast guard has arrested eight people who were trying to escape to Iran by boat, state news agency BNA reported on...

Bin Alawi: Oman supports Qatar in solving regional issues peacefully 05 Jun 2016 - 10:33 am

File picture of Oman Minister for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. Reuters Doha: Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate...

Qatar’s efforts in caring for workers praised 05 Jun 2016 - 02:26 am

Doha: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the efforts of Qatar to provide the necessary medical care to workers in general, and Indian...

More than 2,000 militants massed in northern Aleppo: Russia 04 Jun 2016 - 04:50 pm

Boys help their injured friend after an airstrike on Aleppo's rebel held al-Fardous district, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail MOSCOW: More than...

Erdogan says Armenian genocide charges 'blackmail' of Turkey 04 Jun 2016 - 04:34 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks following the opening a new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu on June 3, 2016. AFP / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB...

Russian airstrike kills 8 civilians in Syria's Aleppo 04 Jun 2016 - 04:32 pm

Syrians carry a body following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Sukkari in the northern city...

33 Passenger Killed in Algeria Road Accident 04 Jun 2016 - 04:10 pm

Algiers: Thirty three people were killed and 22 others injured in a road accident on Saturday early morning in southern Algeria. The incident...

Tribal chief says Iraqi militia kills 31 civilians 04 Jun 2016 - 01:13 pm

Iraqi government forces inspect a house in the Saqlawiyah area, north west of Fallujah, during an operation to regain control of the area...

Syrian opposition kills 60 regime soldiers 04 Jun 2016 - 12:59 pm

Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo's rebel held neighbourhoods, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail By Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, Syria: Sixty Syrian regime...

Syrian army enters Raqqa province in offensive against Islamic State - monitor 04 Jun 2016 - 12:06 pm

Fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces prepare to fire a mortar shell towards positions held by Islamic State fighters in northern province of...

Sahrawis, officials pay tribute to Western Sahara leader 04 Jun 2016 - 10:48 am

Indigenous Sahrawi people react during the funeral of Western Sahara's Polisario Front leader Mohamed Abdelaziz in Tindouf, Algeria June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina ...

Bahrain jailbreak sparks manhunt 04 Jun 2016 - 10:08 am

File photo of Pearl roundabout in Mana. Bahraini security forces have set up roadblock to find the escaped fugitives. Reuters Dubai: Bahraini security...

U.S. falters in campaign to revive Iraqi army, officials say 04 Jun 2016 - 08:58 am

Shi'ite fighters take a selfie while firing artillery towards Islamic State militants near Falluja, Iraq, May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani BY NED PARKER...