World / Middle East

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Begins France Visit 27 Jun 2016 - 01:18 pm

Paris: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, began today an official visit...

Suicide bombings kill 5 in eastern Lebanon 27 Jun 2016 - 12:54 pm

Lebanese army soldiers and forensic inspectors inspect the site where suicide bomb attacks took place in the Christian village of Qaa, in the...

UNICEF says 25 children reported killed in Syria 27 Jun 2016 - 11:46 am

Twenty-five children were reportedly killed in air strikes that hit heavily crowded areas in a town in eastern Syria, the United Nations children's...

Netanyahu: Turkey deal 'immense' for Israeli economy 27 Jun 2016 - 09:55 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Dan Balilty/Pool Rome: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed...

Erdogan speaks with Abbas on Turkish-Israeli deal over Gaza - sources 27 Jun 2016 - 08:36 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks at the closing news conference during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/MURAD SEZER ...

Suicide bombers kill six people in Lebanese village - Al-Manar 27 Jun 2016 - 06:50 am

BEIRUT: Four suicide bombers killed six people and wounded 19 others in an attack in a Lebanese village at the border with Syria...

Iraq takes full control of Fallujah from IS 27 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the Iraqi government forces sit on a tank in Fallujah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital Baghdad, after forces retook...

Iraq commander says Fallujah retaken with limited damage 26 Jun 2016 - 05:37 pm

Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces walk outside a clinic at a deserted hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for emergency...

Iraq forces take full control of Fallujah 26 Jun 2016 - 04:01 pm

Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand next to an armed vehicle outside a hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for...

Libya PM says only united military can defeat Islamic State 26 Jun 2016 - 03:25 pm

Fayez al-Sarraj, Libya Prime minister Tripoli: The head of Libya's unity government said Sunday that only a united military bringing together all the...

Ramadan soup kitchen offers brief respite to Gaza's hungry 26 Jun 2016 - 03:19 pm

Palestinian men prepare food at the tekiyya, Arabic name for the soup kitchen, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in Gaza City...

Key cities and towns retaken from IS in Iraq and Syria 26 Jun 2016 - 02:37 pm

A member of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces drives an armed vehicle flying his national flag near a mosque in Fallujah on June 23,...

Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Iraq government to resign 26 Jun 2016 - 02:27 pm

By Ali Shikho BAGHDAD: Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has renewed calls for Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s government to resign. “I call...

UN's Ban to push peace talks with Yemen warring sides 26 Jun 2016 - 12:25 pm

Kuwait City: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to meet Sunday with Yemen's warring sides in a bid to push forward peace talks...

Iraqi forces retake Islamic State holdout in Falluja, declare battle over 26 Jun 2016 - 11:41 am

Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces outside a hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for emergency cases on June 23, 2016. ...

Russian, regime raids killed 82 in IS-held east Syria: new toll 26 Jun 2016 - 10:22 am

Russian warplanes have been carrying out an air war in Syria since September 2015. AFP File Photo Beirut: At least 82 people including...

Iran says five rebels killed in Kurdish region 26 Jun 2016 - 08:18 am

Tehran: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. ...