World / Middle East

Israel bombs Gaza 'underground' complex after blast 18 Mar 2018 - 01:19 pm

Jerusalem: Israel's military carried out an air raid overnight against an underground Hamas facility in the Gaza Strip and destroyed a separate tunnel...

Turkey-led forces enter Syria's Afrin city: monitor 18 Mar 2018 - 10:24 am

Beirut: Turkish forces and their rebel allies have entered Syria's Kurdish-majority city of Afrin and taken control of several districts, a war monitor...

Dead Sea's revival with Red Sea canal edges closer to reality 18 Mar 2018 - 10:04 am

Ghor al-Haditha, Jordan: Israel and Jordan have long pursued a common goal to stop the Dead Sea from shrinking while slaking their shared...

Russia says over 5,000 people left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday - RIA 18 Mar 2018 - 08:58 am

MOSCOW, More than 5,000 people have left Syria's Eastern Ghouta so far on Sunday, the RIA news agency reported, citing the Centre for...

Turkish army moves to Aleppo to set observation points 17 Mar 2018 - 05:13 pm

IDLIB, Syria: A convoy of Turkish Armed Forces entered Syria on Saturday to establish a new observation point in northwestern Aleppo, according to...

UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition 17 Mar 2018 - 04:12 pm

Riyadh: The head of Syria's main opposition group on Saturday accused the United Nations of failing to prevent violence raging in the war-wracked...

More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria's Afrin in three days: monitor 17 Mar 2018 - 01:36 pm

Beirut: More than 200,000 civilians have fled the city of Afrin in northern Syria in less than three days to escape a Turkish-led...

Apple cuts off Iran from App Store 17 Mar 2018 - 11:57 am

San Francisco, In what appears to be a total cut off for the country, Apple has blocked access to its App Store for...

Syrian monitor says strikes on Ghouta rebel town kill 30 17 Mar 2018 - 11:29 am

BEIRUT, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes on a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta killed 30 people gathering to leave...

Turkish military denies it hit Syrian hospital 17 Mar 2018 - 11:12 am

ISTANBUL, The Turkish military denied on Saturday that it had struck a hospital in Syria's Afrin region, where it is waging a nearly...

Intensifying assaults in Syria spark dual evacuations 17 Mar 2018 - 09:15 am

Adra, Syria: Syrian civilians in the last rebel-held pockets of besieged Eastern Ghouta have been urged to flee as Russia-backed regime forces storm...

Russia to resume air flights to Egypt next month 16 Mar 2018 - 04:54 pm

CAIRO: Officials on Friday announced that Egyptian air flights to Moscow would resume next month following a more than two-year hiatus. In a...

Seven US personnel killed in Iraq helicopter crash 16 Mar 2018 - 04:45 pm

Washington: Seven US military personnel were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed during a routine transport mission in western Iraq, a defense...

Civilians flee as two big Syria battles enter decisive phases 16 Mar 2018 - 03:58 pm

BEIRUT: Thousands of civilians were fleeing from besieged enclaves on opposite ends of Syria on Friday as two major battles in the multi-sided...

Red Cross chief travels with aid convoy to Syria's rebel Ghouta 15 Mar 2018 - 03:19 pm

Geneva: The Red Cross said Thursday its president had travelled with a convoy carrying desperately needed food into Syria's rebel enclave of Eastern...

Syrian regime's blitz of Eastern Ghouta 15 Mar 2018 - 03:11 pm

Beirut: The Syrian government launched a ferocious assault on a rebel enclave outside Damascus on February 18, saying it wanted to crush Islamist...

Turkey says will take Afrin centre in 'very short time' 15 Mar 2018 - 02:43 pm

Ankara: Turkey on Thursday said it would oust Kurdish militia from the centre of Afrin in northern Syria "in a very short time",...

Iraq PM Abadi orders reopening of Kurdish airports for international flights 15 Mar 2018 - 02:40 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered on Thursday the reopening of the airports of Erbil and Suleimaniya, in the Kurdistan region, for...