World / Middle East

Netanyahu summoned US envoy over UN vote 26 Dec 2016 - 10:50 pm

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned the US ambassador over a resolution condemning settlements on Palestinian territories. The summon came...

Arab League calls for urgent international action on Aleppo 26 Dec 2016 - 10:46 pm

Cairo/Washington: The Arab League Secretary General Dr Ahmed Aboul Ghait yesterday called on the international community to take urgent and effective action towards...

Turkey vows to work for Syrian truce after Moscow talks 26 Dec 2016 - 10:31 pm

Ankara: Turkey said it will facilitate contacts between Syria’s government and opposition groups in preparation for peace talks organized together with Russia and...

Libyan forces launch air strike on rivals' camp 26 Dec 2016 - 10:24 pm

Benghazi: Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government said they had carried out an air strike against opponents in the central Jufra region yesterday....

Pro-govt forces retake military sites east of Sana'a 26 Dec 2016 - 10:24 pm

Sana'a: Pro-government forces yesterday recaptured two military sites in Sana'a’s eastern Nahm directorate from Shia Houthi militiamen and their allies, according to assertions...

Israel minister slams French peace meeting 26 Dec 2016 - 10:24 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday criticised an upcoming Middle East peace conference organised by France, calling it a new "Dreyfus trial"...

Four Jordanians given death penalty over drugs killing 26 Dec 2016 - 06:40 pm

Amman: A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death on Monday for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the...

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault 26 Dec 2016 - 05:04 pm

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to...

Ronaldo’s message to Syrian children goes viral 26 Dec 2016 - 02:00 pm

ISTANBUL: A heart-warming message from a world-famous footballer to devastated children in war-torn Syria went viral through social media. Real Madrid Portuguese star...

Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak 26 Dec 2016 - 01:45 pm

Tehran: Iran has killed hundreds of thousands of birds in recent weeks as avian flu spreads across seven provinces of the country, officials...

Israel to demolish mosque South of Hebron 26 Dec 2016 - 12:45 pm

Hebron: Israeli forces on Monday informed Palestinians in Masafer Yatta area, a Bedouin congregation south of Hebron in the West Bank, that they...

Turkey accuses IS of killing 30 civilians in Syria 26 Dec 2016 - 12:31 pm

Istanbul: The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian...

Israeli forces shoot and detain Palestinian in Nablus 26 Dec 2016 - 12:15 pm

Nablus: Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in Nablus, north of the West Bank, on Monday when youths confronted soldiers accompanying around...

Over 240 injured Aleppans treated in Turkey 26 Dec 2016 - 12:05 pm

HATAY, Turkey: As many as 246 injured civilians evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo have been treated at hospitals in Turkey, the...

Airstrikes kill 13 militants in Egypt’s Sinai 26 Dec 2016 - 11:38 am

CAIRO: At least 13 militants were killed in Egyptian airstrikes in the restive Sinai Peninsula late Sunday, according to a local security source....

Airstrike kills 20, injures scores in Iraq’s Mosul 26 Dec 2016 - 11:18 am

NINEVEH, Iraq: At least 20 people were killed and scores injured in an airstrike in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Sunday. A...

Turkish army says Islamic State attack in Syria's al-Bab killed 30 civilians 26 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

ANKARA: At least 30 civilians were killed and many others were wounded on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian...

233 injured Aleppans treated in Turkey 26 Dec 2016 - 10:53 am

HATAY, Turkey: Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said Sunday 233 injured people from east Aleppo have been brought to Turkey for treatment...