World / Middle East

Saudi Arabia says war games will boost military ties with Muslim allies 22 Feb 2016 - 05:11 pm

Chief of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces Abdurahman bin Saleh al-Binayan attends a meeting to discuss the situation in the region with...

Turkish army presses crackdown on Kurdish militants, Europe worried over rights 22 Feb 2016 - 04:01 pm

Street vendors take cover as Turkish riot police use a water cannon to disperse Kurdish demonstrators during a protest against the curfew in...

U.S. targets Islamic State with 19 strikes in Iraq, Syria: Statement 22 Feb 2016 - 03:37 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies staged 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday in its latest round...

Top commanders of anti-IS coalition meet in Kuwait 22 Feb 2016 - 03:14 pm

Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces Brigadier-General Jean Kahwaji (L) and Netherlands Chief of Defence General Tom Middendorp (2ndL) attend a...

Syria shrine attack was deadliest in war with 120 dead: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:26 pm

Map locating the Sayyida Zeinab Shiite shrine just south of Damascus, the target of deadly bomb attacks Sunday. (AFP Photo/Jonathan Jacobsen, Jihad Kachaami) ...

Jihadists cut regime supply route to Syria's Aleppo: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:08 pm

Syrian government forces look at a bridge broken by Islamic State (IS) group fighters connecting the village of al-Tiba with Aleppo's thermal power...

Yemen army commander shot dead in Aden 22 Feb 2016 - 01:29 pm

Pro-Yemeni government fighters carry mortar shells during an offensive against Houthi rebel positions in the Nihem region, east of Sanaa, Yemen, 20 February...

Syria bomb attacks aimed at 'subverting' peace talks: Moscow 22 Feb 2016 - 01:28 pm

Syrian army soldiers and civilians inspect the site of multiple bomb blasts that hit the Sayeda Zeinab area, a southern district of Damascus, ...

Iran holds talks with Russia over missile defence upgrade 22 Feb 2016 - 01:19 pm

Russian S-300 anti-missile rocket system move along a central street during a rehearsal for a military parade in Moscow May 4, 2009. REUTERS ...

Syria opposition meets as ceasefire efforts intensify 22 Feb 2016 - 01:16 pm

File photo of the spokesman for the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC), Monzer Makhous. AFP/ Fayez Nureldine Riyadh: Syria's main opposition umbrella group...

Turkish PM announces plan to bolster beleaguered tourism sector 22 Feb 2016 - 01:10 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the media in Ankara, Turkey February 20, 2016. REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS Ankara: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled a...

Two Iran ex-presidents urge voters to back moderate bloc 22 Feb 2016 - 12:57 pm

Supporters of the Iranian conservative group hold a picture of the head of the conservative candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections Gholam Ali...

Greece protests border closure to Afghans as thousands stranded 22 Feb 2016 - 12:45 pm

Migrants and refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on February 21, 2016. AFP/SAKIS MITROLIDIS Idomeni, Greece: Greece...

Libya's NOC warns of more Islamic State attacks on oil facilities 22 Feb 2016 - 12:16 pm

An offshore oil platform is seen off the coast of Libya. Reuters TRIPOLI: More attacks on Libya's oil facilities are likely unless a...

Turkish-Saudi ground operation in Syria not on agenda: Cavusoglu 22 Feb 2016 - 12:07 pm

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Reuters ANKARA: A military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda...

14 sent to court over Ankara suicide attack 22 Feb 2016 - 10:31 am

Turkish soldier Dogukan Tazegul's little sister Zeynep Tazegul (C) salutes her brothers' coffin during his funeral at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on February...