World / Middle East

Tunisians protest against president's power grab as opposition deepens 26 Sep 2021 - 02:52 pm

TUNIS: About 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Sunday under a heavy police presence to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of...

Syrian dies of swallowing gasoline in fuel-strapped Lebanon 25 Sep 2021 - 04:21 pm

BEIRUT: A Syrian man has died after swallowing gasoline he was siphoning out of his vehicle’s tank with a plastic tube, Lebanon’s national...

More than 100 officials from Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party resign amid crisis 25 Sep 2021 - 01:11 pm

TUNIS: More than 100 prominent officials of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, including lawmakers and former ministers, resigned on Saturday in protest at the...

Foreign creditors urge Lebanon to begin debt restructuring talks 21 Sep 2021 - 02:19 pm

LONDON: A group of Lebanon's bondholders, including some of the world's biggest investment funds, urged the new government on Tuesday to begin debt...

Sudanese officials say coup attempt failed, army in control 21 Sep 2021 - 10:07 am

Sudanese authorities reported a coup attempt on Tuesday by a group of soldiers but said the attempt failed and that the military remains...

Gaza artist mixes beauty with pain in her ballet paintings 20 Sep 2021 - 11:19 am

Gaza: Palestinian artist Abeer Jebril's dark-coloured paintings show ballerinas chained in barbed wire, dancing on rocks, or facing barricades to mirror what she...

Turkish President Erdogan says to meet Greek PM in New York 19 Sep 2021 - 04:41 pm

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the United...

Iran's fuel shipments violate Lebanon's sovereignty: PM 19 Sep 2021 - 02:31 pm

DUBAI: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Iranian fuel shipments imported by the Hezbollah movement constitute a breach of Lebanon's sovereignty, according to...

Attack on gas pipeline in Syria causes brief power outage 18 Sep 2021 - 02:51 pm

DAMASCUS, Syria: An attack with explosive devices laid along a natural gas pipeline southeast of Syria's capital knocked out power in parts of...

Lebanon judge issues arrest warrant for ex-minister over Beirut blast 16 Sep 2021 - 01:56 pm

Beirut: The judge investigating last year's Beirut port blast issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former public works minister Youssef Finianos after...

Qatar resumes financial aid to Gaza 16 Sep 2021 - 08:53 am

Gaza City: Qatar resumed its distribution of aid to Gaza yesterday for the first time since the May war between Israel and the...

Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria 14 Sep 2021 - 04:34 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Monday for the first time since 2018 and criticised foreign forces...

Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say 14 Sep 2021 - 02:45 pm

GENEVA: Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Tuesday,...

Israeli prime minister visits Egypt in first official trip for a decade 13 Sep 2021 - 02:09 pm

CAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday for talks expected to cover Israeli-Palestinian relations and...

Iraqi PM becomes first foreign leader to meet Iran's Raisi 12 Sep 2021 - 04:24 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi became the first foreign leader on Sunday to visit and meet with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi since the...

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras 12 Sep 2021 - 03:39 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and...