World / Middle East

Iran does not want 'new tensions' in Mideast: Rouhani 10 May 2018 - 09:42 pm

Tehran: Iran does not want "new tensions" in the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday in a telephone call with German Chancellor...

Israel hits Iranian positions in Syria after missile barrage 10 May 2018 - 09:42 pm

Israel conducted its biggest raid inside Syria in at least 30 years, saying Iranian forces there fired a barrage of missiles at the...

Guterres demands end to 'hostile acts' after Israel-Iran escalation 10 May 2018 - 09:34 pm

United Nations, United States: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Thursday appealed for an "immediate halt to all hostile acts" in the Middle...

Britain says it supports Israel's right to defend itself against Iran 10 May 2018 - 09:24 pm

LONDON: Britain supports Israel's right to defend itself against Iranian aggression, Prime Minister Theresa May told her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in a...

Erdogan and Rouhani discuss US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal 10 May 2018 - 09:24 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed on Thursday with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani the withdrawal of the United States from the...

Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major escalation in regional conflict 10 May 2018 - 07:36 pm

Paris: Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of a dramatic escalation in regional conflict, but the...

Hamas leader hints of mass breach of Israeli border 10 May 2018 - 07:05 pm

GAZA CITY: The Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip on Thursday said protesters in a mass demonstration along the Israeli border next week...

Germany calls for de-escalation in Middle East 10 May 2018 - 04:39 pm

BERLIN: Germany voiced alarm on Thursday at the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, after Israel announced that it attacked Iran’s military...

UK warns against 'further escalations' between Iran and Israel 10 May 2018 - 04:26 pm

London: Britain on Thursday warned against "further escalations" after Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria that Israel said were in response to...

Turkey's Erdogan tells Iran's Rouhani that U.S. decision on nuclear deal wrong 10 May 2018 - 04:04 pm

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani that he found the U.S. decision to withdraw from a...

Iraq security forces vote in first poll since IS war 10 May 2018 - 01:27 pm

Baghdad: Around one million soldiers, police and other security personnel were voting across Iraq on Thursday in the first national elections since the...

Douma accusations 'a farce': Assad 10 May 2018 - 09:06 am

Athens, Accusations that Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons against the Syrian town of Douma last month are a "farce", the Syrian president...

Iran targets Israeli bases across Syrian frontier, Israel pounds Syria 10 May 2018 - 08:20 am

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting...

You cannot do a damn thing!: Iran's top leader, lawmakers lash out at US on nuclear deal 09 May 2018 - 07:42 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's supreme leader chastised President Donald Trump on Wednesday over his decision to pull America out of the 2015 nuclear deal,...

Evacuations remain underway from Syria's Homs, Yarmouk 09 May 2018 - 04:28 pm

Al-BAB/AZAZ: Evacuations remain underway with more convoys arriving in Syria’s Al-Bab district on Wednesday from the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus and the...

Attacks in Syrian capital kill 2, wound 14 09 May 2018 - 03:20 pm

BEIRUT: A bomb blast and shells fired by insurgents on the center of Damascus on Wednesday killed two people and wounded 14, Syria's...

In crowded field, Iraq election hopefuls vie to stand out 09 May 2018 - 01:39 pm

Baghdad: With campaign posters cluttering the streets of Iraq, the almost 7,000 candidates running for parliament in upcoming elections are resorting to increasingly...