World / Middle East

Syrian government allows U.N. to beef up monitoring in Aleppo 20 Dec 2016 - 01:44 pm

GENEVA: The Syrian government has authorised the United Nations to send an additional 20 staff to east Aleppo, where they will monitor the...

Arab League condemns Assad regime practices in Aleppo 20 Dec 2016 - 01:40 pm

CAIRO: The Arab League late Monday condemned the "practices" of the Assad regime and its allies in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. At...

Turkish police searching for 120 FETO suspects 20 Dec 2016 - 01:35 pm

KONYA, Turkey: A chief prosecutor in central Turkey ordered police to find and detain 120 suspected members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO)...

Turkish hospitals treat nearly 150 Aleppo evacuees 20 Dec 2016 - 01:20 pm

HATAY, Turkey: The number of refugees from the war-battered city of Aleppo being treated in Turkish hospitals grew to 148, Turkey’s Directorate General...

Unravelling the story of a mass grave in Iraq 20 Dec 2016 - 12:34 pm

Hamam al-Alil, Iraq: Three men set up a fence and a ribbon of yellow and black crime scene tape around a site south...

5 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast 20 Dec 2016 - 12:26 pm

BALIKESIR, Turkey: Five refugees drowned off Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast after their boat sank, Turkish official said on Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency,...

Turkish jets destroy 16 IS targets in Syria 20 Dec 2016 - 12:21 pm

ANKARA: Sixteen Islamic State positions were hit by Turkish military aircraft in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military...

Turkish police arrest 7 over Russian envoy's murder 20 Dec 2016 - 12:08 pm

AYDIN, Turkey: The parents, sister and three other relatives of the murderer of the Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov’s were arrested early Tuesday, according...

Israeli forces arrest five Palestinians in West Bank 20 Dec 2016 - 11:53 am

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Tuesday five Palestinians from different areas of West Bank. Palestinian sources said that the five detainees...

Palestinian Authority, UN appeal for US$547 million to address humanitarian needs during 2017 20 Dec 2016 - 11:38 am

Bethlehem: The Palestinian Authority and the United Nations appealed for US$547 million in funds in 2017 to meet humanitarian needs in the occupied...

Turkey detains six over envoy murder as Russia seeks answers 20 Dec 2016 - 11:25 am

Ankara: A man fired a few rounds of a rifle into the air in front of the American embassy early Tuesday, hours after...

3 victims hurt in shooting at Swiss Islamic center 20 Dec 2016 - 10:36 am

GENEVA: Three people were shot and injured by an attacker Monday at a mosque in Zurich, according to police. Authorities are searching for...

Turkish police detain six after Russian ambassador shot dead 20 Dec 2016 - 10:17 am

ANKARA: Turkish police have detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said, who was shot in the back...

Russia's Lavrov says Syria Moscow meeting to adopt tangible measures 20 Dec 2016 - 09:36 am

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement that a meeting in Moscow later on Tuesday between the foreign ministers of...

US missions in Turkey to be closed on Tuesday after firearm incident - embassy 20 Dec 2016 - 09:24 am

ISTANBUL: The United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana will be closed for normal operations on Tuesday after...

Assassination in Turkey: what we know so far 20 Dec 2016 - 01:41 am

Istanbul: The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in a brazen attack by a Turkish policeman at an art exhibition on Monday...

Canada, UK tourists hid in Jordan castle during gun fight 19 Dec 2016 - 11:22 pm

AMMAN, Jordan: Tourists from Canada, Britain and Malaysia were hiding inside a Crusader castle during armed clashes between Jordan troops and gunmen at...