World / Middle East

ANKARA: Turkish and Russian presidents on Wednesday had a phone conversation on Syrian city of Aleppo, according to a presidential source. Recep Tayyip...

ANKARA: Turkey has raised the minimum fixed tax rate on alcoholic drinks and raised the fixed tax rates on tobacco products as of...

LONDON: Solar power is becoming so cheap so fast that in Abu Dhabi it’s now less costly to produce a unit of energy...

Egyptian man died after a lion attacked him during circus performance in Alexandria, Egypt.    The 25-year-old trainer Islam Shahin, who was working with...

Beirut: A leading Syrian opposition body on Wednesday demanded the United Nations act immediately to protect residents of Aleppo, battered by advancing regime...

JERUSALEM: Israeli jets struck sites near the Syrian capital Damascus early Wednesday, local media reported. The Israeli military refused to comment but the...

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 45 civilians were killed Wednesday when Syrian regime forces shelled a group of refugees in Syria’s northern city of...

Mosul, Iraq: Up to 500,000 civilians in Mosul are facing a "catastrophic" drinking water shortage, the UN warned on Wednesday, as Iraqi forces...

PARIS: The president of the Aleppo local council on Wednesday pleaded that a Syrian government assault on eastern Aleppo be halted to create...

BEIRUT: Air strikes against rebel-held areas of Aleppo intensified on Wednesday, hitting areas of its old city, though pro-government forces had yet to...

Beirut: More than 50,000 people have fled rebel-held east Aleppo in the last four days as government forces advance, the Syrian Observatory for...

An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a 20-year sentence for the deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Saturday's ruling is the first final verdict against...

Geneva: A fleeing seven-year-old child was amongst dozens more civilians allegedly executed by the Islamic State group in Mosul in recent weeks, the...

ALEPPO, Syria: At least 25 civilians were killed Tuesday in regime airstrikes in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a pro-opposition Syrian...

ISTANBUL: An independent Palestine within pre-1967 borders is the only hope for a lasting peace in the Middle East, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Geneva: Up to 16,000 civilians have fled strife-torn parts of eastern Aleppo as the rebels lost all of the northern neighbourhoods of their...

Ramallah: Israeli forces detained at least 11 Palestinians during overnight raids across the West Bank, according to local sources. Army forces broke into...

BAGHDAD: At least three people were killed and eight others injured in a bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday. The attack was carried...