World / Middle East

Regime fire kills pregnant woman, daughter in Syria's Idlib: monitor 01 Sep 2018 - 10:03 pm

Beirut: A pregnant woman and her daughter were killed Saturday by regime artillery fire on Syria's Idlib province, a monitor said, as Damascus...

Iraq hosts military chiefs from Iran, Russia and Syria 01 Sep 2018 - 07:14 pm

Baghdad: Senior Iraqi military commanders hosted their Russian, Iranian and Syrian counterparts in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss security cooperation and information-sharing in...

Mauritanians voting in legislative, municipal elections 01 Sep 2018 - 05:19 pm

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: Some 1.4 million people in Mauritania are going to the polls for legislative, regional and municipal elections that will position the...

Picturesque Turkish town holds 700 years of history 01 Sep 2018 - 04:47 pm

IZMIR, Turkey: The Aegean town of Birgi in Turkey stands still in time. Brigi, located in Izmir province, hosted the ancient civilizations of...

Blast strikes north Syria town 01 Sep 2018 - 01:17 pm

Beirut: A blast killed at least one person in a region of north Syria controlled by Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups, a witness and...

US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency 01 Sep 2018 - 10:57 am

Washington: The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring the organization was...

At Gaza protests, medical workers face great danger 01 Sep 2018 - 08:56 am

KHUZAA, Gaza Strip: Treating the wounded has become dangerous for Gaza's emergency workers. In the past five months, three medics were killed by...

Attack on Idlib would be ‘disaster', says Turkish FM 01 Sep 2018 - 02:33 am

Vienna: Turkey is very much concerned over a possible attack on Idlib, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday. Speaking to reporters ahead of...

Turkey celebrates 96th anniversary of Victory Day 31 Aug 2018 - 01:14 am

ANKARA: Turkey yesterday celebrated the 96th anniversary of Victory Day, which commemorates the resounding defeat of the Greek forces at hands of the...

PLO only representative of Palestinians: Palestine's presidential spokesman 30 Aug 2018 - 07:13 pm

Ramallah: Palestine's Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeinah said Thursday that the Palestinian people alone are entitled to decide their own destiny and choose...

Syria says it will 'go all the way' in rebel-held Idlib 30 Aug 2018 - 04:57 pm

MOSCOW: Syrian's foreign minister said government forces will "go all the way" in the rebel-held northern region of Idlib and that Damascus's main...

Migrant rescue NGO quits Libya, denounces 'criminalisation' of aid 30 Aug 2018 - 04:42 pm

Barcelona: A Spanish NGO Thursday said it will halt its migrant rescue missions off Libya to support operations in Spain, as it denounced...

Iran still abiding by nuclear deal terms: IAEA 30 Aug 2018 - 04:20 pm

Vienna: Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Thursday, despite ongoing...

Mauritanians in last vote before key presidential election 30 Aug 2018 - 03:30 pm

Nouakchott: Mauritania, a frontline state in the Sahel's fight against jihadism, goes to the polls on Saturday for triple elections that will test...

Erdogan hosts Iranian FM in Ankara 30 Aug 2018 - 01:07 am

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in the capital Ankara, according to the Presidency's official...

Syrian army preparing phased Idlib assault 29 Aug 2018 - 07:47 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces are preparing a phased offensive in the northwestern province of Idlib and surrounding areas, the last big rebel enclave,...

Egypt forms human rights committee to counter criticism 29 Aug 2018 - 06:57 pm

Cairo: Egypt's government on Wednesday announced the establishment of a state-run human rights committee to respond to allegations of widespread abuses levelled against...