World / Middle East

Turkish bus hits truck, bursts into flames; 11 dead 13 Mar 2018 - 03:20 pm

ANKARA, Turkey: A passenger bus hit a truck and burst into flames in central Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, including...

7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly 13 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm

Beirut: Syria enters its eighth year of war on Thursday, free of the jihadist "caliphate" but torn apart by an international power struggle...

Iranian parliament votes to retain labor minister 13 Mar 2018 - 01:42 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to retain the country's labor minister after a hearing on his alleged mismanagement of unemployment and...

Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city 13 Mar 2018 - 01:35 pm

Beirut: Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of...

Baghdad ends air blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan 13 Mar 2018 - 12:46 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of...

Syrian forces press Ghouta advance despite calls to end 'bloodbath' 12 Mar 2018 - 09:27 pm

Douma, Syria, March 12, 2018 (AFP) - Syria's regime pressed its relentless offensive on Eastern Ghouta Monday as diplomats at the United Nations...

France will strike Syria chemical arms sites if used to kill: Macron 12 Mar 2018 - 05:17 pm

PARIS: France is prepared to launch targeted strikes against any site in Syria used to deploy chemical attacks that result in the deaths...

Syria's Douma faces catastrophe, says council, as assault grinds on 12 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syria's rebel-held city of Douma faces a "catastrophic" situation after becoming the main haven for thousands of people fleeing advances by government...

Iran recovers black box from Turkish plane crash killing 11 12 Mar 2018 - 10:35 am

Tehran, Iran: Investigators on Monday found the "black box" from a Turkish private jet that crashed in an Iranian mountain range on its...

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...