World / Middle East

Iran plane crash victims are Turkish socialite, friends coming home after Dubai bachelorette party 12 Mar 2018 - 12:01 am

ISTANBUL/DUBAI: A wealthy Turkish socialite and her friends were among the 11 people killed on Sunday when a private plane bringing them home...

Protest leaders in Morocco's Jerada arrested 11 Mar 2018 - 07:47 pm

Rabat: Moroccan authorities have arrested two leaders of protests that began last December in the northeastern Moroccan town of Jerada, relatives said on...

Private Turkish plane, 11 people on board, travelling from UAE to Istanbul crashes in Iran 11 Mar 2018 - 07:13 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul with at least 11 people on board crashed Sunday...

Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up 11 Mar 2018 - 05:42 pm

Hammuriyeh, Syria: New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered...

Any gas attack in Syria 'very unwise': Mattis 11 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm

Muscat: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday it would be "very unwise" for the Syrian regime to use gas as a weapon...

Fierce fighting in Syria's Ghouta as Assad presses assault 11 Mar 2018 - 01:56 pm

BEIRUT: The Syrian army and rebel groups engaged in fierce battles early on Sunday on a critical front in eastern Ghouta where government...

Turkish warplanes destroy 18 Kurdish militant targets in Iraq - Anadolu 11 Mar 2018 - 12:19 pm

Istanbul: Turkish warplanes destroyed at least 18 targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq over the weekend, the...

850 sq km now under control in Afrin: Erdogan 10 Mar 2018 - 05:23 pm

MERSIN, Turkey: Turkish and Free Syrian Army forces have so far liberated 850 square kilometers (328 square miles) during the Turkish-led counter-terrorist operation...

Erdogan vows to press Syria offensive to key Kurdish-held towns 10 Mar 2018 - 04:55 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowed to expand Turkey's offensive in Syria against Kurdish militia to key border towns controlled by...

Turkey's president slams NATO for lack of support in Syria 10 Mar 2018 - 03:52 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's president has criticized NATO for not supporting the country's ongoing military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria. Speaking to supporters...

Wife of ex-Egypt president sets example of loyalty 10 Mar 2018 - 02:46 pm

ISTANBUL: In 1978, Najla Ali got married to Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi, who later became Egypt’s first freely elected president. After marriage,...

Syrian army intensifies Ghouta assault - Syrian state TV 10 Mar 2018 - 01:38 pm

BEIRUT, The Syrian army has intensified its operations in the central part of rebel-held eastern Ghouta, state television reported on Saturday, an area...

As economic problems pile up, Iran cautiously weighs changes 10 Mar 2018 - 01:16 pm

TEHRAN, Iran, Labor strikes. Nationwide protests. Bank failures. In recent months, Iran has been beset by economic problems despite the promises surrounding the...

Food arrives in Syria's battered Eastern Ghouta 10 Mar 2018 - 09:29 am

Douma, Syria: The Syrian army continued its offensive against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta Saturday, a day after an aid convoy delivered food to the...

Aid to enter Syria's eastern Ghouta as assault pauses 09 Mar 2018 - 11:45 am

BEIRUT, Aid agencies prepared to deliver food into eastern Ghouta on Friday and a war monitor said the Syrian government had paused air...

Iran's Khamenei says won't negotiate with West over regional presence 08 Mar 2018 - 06:30 pm

LONDON: Iran will not negotiate with the West over its presence in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday,...

Netanyahu warns Israel may face early elections 08 Mar 2018 - 05:59 pm

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel may face early elections due to a coalition crisis. Speaking at the Economic Club...