World / Middle East

2 Turkish soldiers killed in bomb attack in Syria 07 Dec 2016 - 12:40 pm

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against 12 Islamic State targets in the al-Bab region of northern Syria on Wednesday and killed...

More than 50 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen 07 Dec 2016 - 12:04 pm

Aden: More than 50 people are missing and just two have been rescued after a cargo vessel sank off Yemen's Socotra island, authorities...

Suitors, husbands spurn Middle Eastern women disfigured by war 07 Dec 2016 - 11:56 am

AMMAN: Ahzan was shopping in a market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when an explosion ripped through the street, lifting her off...

Iran protest to UN on US congress recent extension of sanctions 07 Dec 2016 - 11:31 am

New York: Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced Iran's...

Turkey set to have 54 missions in Africa 07 Dec 2016 - 11:26 am

ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey is set to have 54 diplomatic missions in 54 African nations to strengthen relations...

29 killed by regime airstrikes over Idlib and Aleppo 07 Dec 2016 - 11:22 am

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 29 civilians were killed and scores of others were injured on Tuesday in airstrikes launched by the Assad regime’s...

Russia says US cancels Aleppo talks 07 Dec 2016 - 10:58 am

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said a meeting on Aleppo set for Wednesday in Geneva has been canceled after the U.S....

53 civilians killed by regime shelling in Syria 07 Dec 2016 - 10:51 am

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 53 civilians were killed Tuesday in regime attacks in the northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a civil defense...

80,000 have fled east Aleppo since army operation began: monitor 07 Dec 2016 - 10:47 am

Beirut: At least 80,000 people have fled east Aleppo since the Syrian army began an operation in mid-November to recapture the rebel-held sector...

Monitor says Syrian army seizes Aleppo Old City from rebels 07 Dec 2016 - 10:05 am

BEIRUT: A war monitor said on Wednesday the Syrian army had seized control of all parts of the Old City of Aleppo which...

Almost 60 people missing after ship sinks in Yemen 07 Dec 2016 - 08:57 am

Aden: Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen's Socotra island, the country's fisheries minister said Wednesday, with state media...

Seven-year-old tweets Aleppo's tragedy to the world 06 Dec 2016 - 08:25 pm

Beirut: Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed's Twitter account has offered a poignant daily glimpse into the hell of life in Syria's Aleppo, so when she...

Syrian troops close in on Aleppo's Old City 06 Dec 2016 - 07:53 pm

BEIRUT/GENEVA: Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most...

Bus bomb kills 21 in Mosul 06 Dec 2016 - 07:21 pm

Baghdad: At least 21 civilians, mostly women and children were killed and 35 injured in a bus bomb that went off Tuesday in...

Sweden jails Iraqi for war crimes after Facebook post 06 Dec 2016 - 07:05 pm

Stockholm: A Swedish court on Tuesday jailed an Iraqi man for six months for war crimes in a landmark case after he posted...

Army seizes five rebel districts in Aleppo 06 Dec 2016 - 06:20 pm

Beirut: Syrian government troops seized five new districts of eastern Aleppo on Tuesday, including the strategic Shaar neighbourhood, a monitoring group said. According...

Merkel says situation in Aleppo is a 'disgrace' for West 06 Dec 2016 - 03:05 pm

Essen, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday it was a "disgrace" that the international community had been unable to alleviate the suffering...

Aleppo 'Twitter girl' safe after family flees army advance 06 Dec 2016 - 02:38 pm

Aleppo, Syria: A seven-year-old Syrian girl whose Twitter account from Aleppo gained international attention has fled her home amid heavy fighting, but she...