World / Middle East

Netanyahu seeks to expel families of Palestinian attackers 02 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu , in a letter to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit released to the media, asked for a legal opinion on such a move,...

Lebanon's Hariri says to keep dialogue open with Hezbollah 02 Mar 2016 - 04:59 pm

Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri (C) is seen standing at the entrance of the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon March 2, 2016....

Macedonia lets in 200 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece 02 Mar 2016 - 04:38 pm

Refugees and migrants walk towards the Greek village of Idomeni beside the Greek-Macedonian borders on March 2, 2016. AFP Idomeni: Macedonia on Wednesday...

43 Kurdish YPG fighters killed in Syria in battle with Islamic State 02 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

Smoke rises over the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad as it is pictured from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa...

Syrian govt forces open new battle with rebels in northwest 02 Mar 2016 - 01:53 pm

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad drive a vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon in the town of Rabiya after they recaptured...

Turkey says has hit only Islamic State targets since ceasefire started 02 Mar 2016 - 01:52 pm

Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood following an airstrike on November 8, 2014. REUTERS/ YANNIS BEHRAKIS ANKARA: Turkey has hit...

Release of jailed Turkish journalists is 'defeat' for Erdogan, Dundar says 02 Mar 2016 - 01:15 pm

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, (R), accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, speaks to the media after being released from prison...

Gulf States declare Lebanon's Hezbollah a 'terrorist' group 02 Mar 2016 - 12:05 pm

Gulf States on Wednesday declared Lebanon's Hezbollah a "terrorist" group, in the latest regional move against the Shiite organisation fighting in support of...

Dr Aaidh Al Qarni tweets he is okay and well 02 Mar 2016 - 10:45 am

Doha: Saudi Arabian scholar and preacher Dr Aaidh Al Qarni tweeted today that he is okay and well. He has over 12 million...

Philippines probes attack on IS-targeted top Saudi cleric "Dr Aaidh Al Qarni" 02 Mar 2016 - 09:48 am

Preacher Sheikh Aaidh al-Qarni Zamboanga, Philippines: Philippine authorities were on Wednesday probing an assassination attempt against an influential Saudi preacher who was on...

Israeli forces Kill Two Palestinians Near Nablus 02 Mar 2016 - 09:18 am

Nablus: Israeli forces shot and killed two more Palestinians over an alleged stabbing attack north of the occupied West Bank early Wednesday. Local...

Pentagon approves smart bombs sale to Turkey 02 Mar 2016 - 09:14 am

BLU-109 Washington: The Pentagon has approved a deal to sell nearly $700 million worth of smart bombs to Turkey through its Foreign Military...

US man arrested for exporting dangerous metals to Iran 02 Mar 2016 - 07:55 am

File- photo- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors (2nd and 3rd left) and Iranian technicians at Natanz nuclear power plant south of Tehran on...

Syria ceasefire holding but no 'victory dances' yet: US 02 Mar 2016 - 07:39 am

A Syrian man and his children carry sacks of wheat and aid, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), in Kafr Batna, in...

Soldiers kill two armed Islamists in Algeria: ministry 02 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Algiers: Algerian soldiers shot dead two armed Islamists on Tuesday in an operation some 125 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the capital, the...

Turkey says US pinning Syria strategy on 'small terror group' 02 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yalcin Akdogan, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister. Ankara: Turkey's powerful Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan on Tuesday criticised the United States over its Syria...