World / Middle East

Fresh rocket fire on Syria enclave kills 13: monitor 22 Feb 2018 - 11:17 am

Beirut: Rockets fired by Syrian regime forces killed at least 13 civilians in the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on...

Egypt arrests 6 on a farm owned by Muslim Brotherhood politician 21 Feb 2018 - 09:55 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's official news agency says police have arrested six suspected Muslim Brotherhood members on a farm allegedly owned by a recently detained...

Syria's Ghouta residents wait to die as more bombs fall 21 Feb 2018 - 09:14 pm

BEIRUT: Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their "turn to die" on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense...

Migrant recounts his deportation from Israel 21 Feb 2018 - 07:58 pm

KAMPALA, Uganda: Inside the immigration office in Tel Aviv, Yohannes Tesfagabr considered his options. He could not return to Eritrea, a country he...

Gaza to pump sewage straight into sea as crisis worsens 21 Feb 2018 - 07:25 pm

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Municipalities in Gaza announced Wednesday they will pump sewage straight into the sea from the Palestinian coastal enclave due...

Turkey says whoever helps Kurd militia in Syria is 'legitimate target' 21 Feb 2018 - 03:09 pm

Ankara: Turkey on Wednesday said it would consider a "legitimate target" any group that comes to the aid of Kurdish militia in Afrin...

Lebanon arrests former Islamic State financial official 21 Feb 2018 - 02:46 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese intelligence arrested a man on Wednesday they believe was a financial official for Islamic State in Syria, a security source said....

Bodies recovered from Iran plane crash site 21 Feb 2018 - 02:15 pm

BEIRUT: The bodies of seven victims of Sunday's air crash in Iran were brought down from the mountainous crash site on Wednesday, according...

Confidant of Israel's Netanyahu turns state's witness in corruption case - media 21 Feb 2018 - 09:48 am

JERUSALEM: A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to provide testimony on behalf of the state about alleged corrupt dealings...

Russia says Syrian ceasefire monitoring centre hit in shelling - TASS 21 Feb 2018 - 09:39 am

MOSCOW: Russia's ceasefire monitoring centre has been damaged by shelling from the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus, the...

Syria, Russia pound rebel enclave, put clinic out of service 21 Feb 2018 - 07:28 am

Arbin, Syria, Syrian and Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave have killed more than 100 civilians for the second straight...

Turkey considers chemical castration for child abusers 20 Feb 2018 - 06:48 pm

Ankara: Turkey's government said on Tuesday it would consider introducing chemical castration for child abusers after several cases of sexual assault on children...

Syria Kurds say regime forces will deploy on Turkey border 20 Feb 2018 - 06:29 pm

Beirut: Pro-regime fighters deployed to Syria's Afrin region will take up positions along the border with Turkey, which is waging an assault on...

UN Syria envoy sees risk of "second Aleppo" in Eastern Ghouta 20 Feb 2018 - 04:39 pm

GENEVA: The escalating battle for the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta could turn into a repeat of the battle for Aleppo, Syria's...

Five security forces killed in Tehran protests 20 Feb 2018 - 04:21 pm

TEHRAN: The death toll of Iranian security forces killed in clashes with a Shia religious group in capital Tehran rose to five, according...

Egypt adds detained Islamist politician to terror list 20 Feb 2018 - 02:35 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has added a detained Islamist politician to a list of wanted "terrorists" over his alleged links to the country's...

New raids on Syria rebel enclave kill 45 civilians 20 Feb 2018 - 01:46 pm

Beirut: Fresh air strikes hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday killing 45 civilians as a ferocious regime bombing campaign...

98 dead in assault on rebel-held Damascus suburb 20 Feb 2018 - 01:10 pm

BEIRUT: Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes of rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 98 people in what was the deadliest day in...