World / Middle East

ISIS attack near key east Libya oil field 15 Mar 2016 - 06:22 pm

mages from Sarir show more damage than initially reported, including to the actual installation. source: twitter.com/Oded121351 By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI: Suspected Islamic State ...

Russian air strikes near Palmyra as Syrian troops push advance: monitor 15 Mar 2016 - 06:20 pm

Participants attend a ceremony to welcome Russian military jets and pilots upon their arrival from Syria at an airbase in Buturlinovka in Voronezh...

Palestinian child survivor of firebombing to meet Real Madrid stars 15 Mar 2016 - 06:04 pm

Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabsha Ramallah, Palestine: A Palestinian boy who survived a firebombing by Jewish extremists that killed his parents and brother will travel...

Insight: Suicide bombing exposes divisions tearing at Turkey’s stability 15 Mar 2016 - 06:01 pm

Relatives of Elvin Bugra Arslan, one of the victim of the 13 March car bomb explosion in Ankara, mourn over his coffin during...

Traffic resumes on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge after closure on security fears 15 Mar 2016 - 05:45 pm

Photo from DHA tv Turkish police re-opened Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge, which spans Asia and Europe, after briefly shutting the key transport link to...

Angelina Jolie Visits a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon 15 Mar 2016 - 05:23 pm

Special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, US actress Angelina Jolie speaks during a press conference under the rain as part...

Syrian refugee chickpeas bloom in Lebanon 15 Mar 2016 - 05:18 pm

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: In a humid plastic tent in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a Syrian scientist handles the leaves of the chickpeas, lentils and...

Bahrain jails three for attacking police 15 Mar 2016 - 05:09 pm

Bahraini anti-government protesters run for cover from tear gas during clashes with riot police in the Shiite village of Abu Saiba, west of...

Istanbul's Bosphorus bridge shut to traffic 15 Mar 2016 - 05:02 pm

Turkish police re-opened Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge, which spans Asia and Europe, after briefly shutting the key transport link to search a suspicious vehicle...

Site of 1503 shipwreck tied to Vasco da Gama found off Oman 15 Mar 2016 - 04:30 pm

In this undated photo made available by Blue Water Recoveries company on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, divers excavate the wreck site of the...

UAE court tries seven for Hezbollah links 15 Mar 2016 - 02:11 pm

Abu Dhabi: Seven people have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates on charges of forming a cell linked to Lebanon's Iran-backed...

Al-Nusra Front in Syria vows new offensive after Russian pullout 15 Mar 2016 - 01:46 pm

Beirut: Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front is preparing to launch a new offensive, a jihadist commander said Tuesday, after Russia announced the withdrawal...

Russian planes to keep striking 'terrorist' targets: Russian official in Syria 15 Mar 2016 - 01:45 pm

Moscow: Russia will continue striking "terrorist targets", a deputy defence minister said at Moscow's airbase in Syria Tuesday, hours after the announcement that...

Russia pullout 'significant' for Syria talks: UN envoy 15 Mar 2016 - 01:35 pm

UN mediator Staffan De Mistura said some ideas had been floated in a meeting he described as a preparatory session, ahead of a...

Suspected militants stage attack near key east Libya oil field - officials 15 Mar 2016 - 01:21 pm

By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI: Suspected Islamic State militants staged an attack on a water plant about 80km (50 miles) from the major Sarir...

Clashes spread to new areas of southeast Turkey after bombing 15 Mar 2016 - 12:25 pm

People walk past destroyed vehicles as they leave their houses during a clashes in central Diyarbakir on March 15, 2016. / AFP /...

First Russian planes fly out of Syria base: ministry 15 Mar 2016 - 11:44 am

Moscow: A first group of Russian military planes on Tuesday left Moscow's base in Syria heading for home after President Vladimir Putin's shock...

Somali militants seize small port in Puntland region 15 Mar 2016 - 11:42 am

File picture of Al Shabaab militants outside a building in Mogadishu. Reuters By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia: Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized...