World / Middle East

Leaving troubles behind, Netanyahu to meet with 'true friend' Trump 04 Mar 2018 - 10:36 pm

Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet his "true friend" Donald Trump in Washington on Monday during a visit that will...

Syria's Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on 04 Mar 2018 - 10:36 pm

Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta...

Syrians flee government advances in eastern Ghouta; Douma convoy approved 04 Mar 2018 - 08:58 pm

BEIRUT/GENEVA: Thousands of civilians have fled advances by Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta in the last two days, a war monitor and...

Dubai denies Egyptian reporters' ties to Emirati outlet 04 Mar 2018 - 08:21 pm

CAIRO: The Dubai government media office says two Egyptian freelance journalists who were arrested while reporting on the historic Alexandria tramway "have no...

Macron urges Tehran to 'pressure' Syria to halt E.Ghouta offensive 04 Mar 2018 - 06:22 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday to put the "necessary pressure" on the Syrian government...

Syria regime retakes over a quarter of rebel enclave: monitor 04 Mar 2018 - 06:01 pm

Beirut: The Syrian regime has retaken control of more than a quarter of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of...

4 soldiers, 10 jihadists killed in Egypt Sinai campaign 04 Mar 2018 - 12:50 pm

Cairo, Egypt's military said on Sunday four soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed in a military operation in Sinai against Islamic State group...

Iran finds flight recorders of crashed passenger plane 04 Mar 2018 - 12:06 pm

DUBAI: Emergency teams have recovered the flight recorders of a plane that crashed into a mountaintop in southwest Iran two weeks ago, killing...

Observatory: Syrian government forces make new eastern Ghouta advance 03 Mar 2018 - 05:14 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces took almost complete control of the town of al-Shayfouniya in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory...

Iran calls on U.S., Europe to scrap nuclear arms, missiles 03 Mar 2018 - 02:56 pm

DUBAI: Iran will not negotiate over its ballistic missiles until the United States and Europe dismantle their nuclear weapons, a top Iranian military...

Egypt's health ministry says 9 killed in road accident 03 Mar 2018 - 01:20 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's Health Ministry says a car crash has left nine people dead and eight others wounded on a desert road connecting the...

Egypt detains mother accused of spreading false news 02 Mar 2018 - 05:24 pm

Cairo: Egypt's state security prosecution Friday remanded in custody for 15 days a woman accused of falsely telling the BBC her daughter had...

First aid convoy enters Syria's Afrin since Turkey-led assault 01 Mar 2018 - 05:11 pm

Afrin, Syria: An aid convoy entered Afrin in northwestern Syria on Thursday for the first time since Turkish-led fighters launched an assault on...

Lavrov says Syria rebels must 'act' to make truce work 28 Feb 2018 - 09:10 pm

Geneva: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that rebels in Syria's Eastern Ghouta were responsible for ensuring that a "humanitarian pause" in...

At least 15 people killed in Egyptian train crash 28 Feb 2018 - 04:14 pm

CAIRO: At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured in a train crash on Wednesday in Egypt's northern province of...

Three people wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad 28 Feb 2018 - 02:05 pm

Baghdad: Three people were wounded in a bomb explosion south of Baghdad last night. "A bomb placed on the side of the road...

Syria has eliminated chemical weapons, rejects claims: Lavrov 28 Feb 2018 - 01:41 pm

GENEVA: Russian Foreign Minister Sergi Lavrov said on Wednesday that Syria has eliminated its chemical weapons stockpiles and placed them under international control,...

Clashes rock edge of Syria's Ghouta despite 'truce' 28 Feb 2018 - 12:57 pm

Beirut: Syrian regime forces clashed Wednesday with rebels on the outskirts of Eastern Ghouta despite a "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia and now...