World / Middle East

Egyptian air strikes hit jihadists after deadly attack 15 Oct 2016 - 11:34 am

Cairo: Egypt's military launched air strikes against jihadist targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after the Islamic State group...

Syria: five years of efforts to end the conflict 15 Oct 2016 - 10:45 am

Beirut: US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov meet on Saturday in Lausanne in the latest bid to...

New Syria talks to open in Switzerland 15 Oct 2016 - 09:07 am

Lausanne: Fresh diplomatic talks to end the Syrian conflict open in Switzerland on Saturday, the first since Washington halted bilateral negotiations with Moscow...

Libyan forces advance in Sirte, 14 troops killed, officials say 15 Oct 2016 - 08:51 am

SIRTE, Libya: Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from Islamic State in fighting that killed...

Islamic State kills 12 military personnel in Egypt's Sinai 14 Oct 2016 - 07:50 pm

ISMAILIA: Islamist militants killed 12 members of Egypt’s military in North Sinai province and wounded six more in an attack on a checkpoint...

Erdogan warns of 'plan B' over Mosul offensive 14 Oct 2016 - 05:52 pm

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Friday to resort to a "plan B" if Turkey's forces do not take part in the...

Intense air strikes batter Syria's Aleppo: monitor 14 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm

Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out dozens of air strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, as world...

Dubai's Burj Khalifa lit up in pink for breast cancer 13 Oct 2016 - 09:10 pm

Dubai: The facade of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, was lit up in pink Thursday...

Oman's Sultan Qaboos 'in good health': minister 13 Oct 2016 - 07:13 pm

Muscat: Sultan Qaboos of Oman is in "good health", the country's foreign minister said Thursday, as rumours circulated that the 75-year-old monarch had...

Next UN chief Guterres says time to overcome divisions over Syria 13 Oct 2016 - 07:07 pm

United Nations, United States: Newly-appointed UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday said it was time to overcome divisions over ending the war in...

Turkey has no secret agenda in Iraq: Turkish official 13 Oct 2016 - 04:16 pm

ANKARA: Turkey has no secret agenda in Iraq, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Thursday. Speaking to the media at the presidential complex in...

Syrian govt gives partial nod to Oct aid plan but not Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 01:33 pm

GENEVA: The Syrian government has now partially approved a United Nations aid plan for October, but not its request to deliver assistance to...

Rescue workers says two days of bombing kill 145 in rebel-held eastern Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 11:43 am

BEIRUT: Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo killed 145 people on Tuesday and Wednesday, Ammar al Selmo, the head of the Civil Defence...

Israel minister in Turkey for first visit after crisis 13 Oct 2016 - 11:25 am

Istanbul: Israel's energy minister was holding talks in Turkey on Thursday, on the first such trip since the two countries normalised ties after...

US strikes Huthi rebel targets in Yemen: Pentagon 13 Oct 2016 - 10:49 am

Washington: The United States on Thursday bombed three radar sites controlled by Huthi rebels in Yemen, the first direct US strike against the...

Observatory: Shells kill four children in govt-held Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 10:11 am

BEIRUT: At least four children were killed in a government-held area of western Aleppo on Thursday when shells landed near a school, the...

Yemen rebels deny targeting US warship 13 Oct 2016 - 09:59 am

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels on Thursday denied US accusations they had targeted a US destroyer in the Red Sea which prompted cruise missile strikes...

Damascus, Moscow press deadly bombing of rebel Aleppo 13 Oct 2016 - 09:41 am

Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out fresh strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo early Thursday, after an intense bombardment over the previous...