World / Middle East

Syria power brokers seek safe zone progress at Kazakh talks 13 Sep 2017 - 02:43 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: Key international players in Syria's civil war gathered in Kazakhstan Wednesday for a fresh round of talks aimed at pushing a...

After helping retake Aleppo, Russia seeks to rebuild it 13 Sep 2017 - 02:03 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Flicking through before-and-after photos of Aleppo's Umayyad mosque on his phone, the city's mufti Mahmoud Akkam said he initially wanted the...

Iraq’s Diyala opts out of looming Kurd region poll 13 Sep 2017 - 10:04 am

DIYALA, Iraq: Local officials in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province on Tuesday announced their decision not to take part in an upcoming referendum on...

Russian, US-led strikes kill 28 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor 12 Sep 2017 - 12:36 pm

Beirut: Separate Russian and US-led coalition air strikes on Tuesday killed 28 civilians in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, where rival offensives against...

2,650 dead bodies pulled from Iraq’s war-battered Mosul 12 Sep 2017 - 10:20 am

NINEVEH, Iraq: Hundreds of dead bodies have been extracted from Mosul since the city’s recapture from IS two months ago, health officials in...

Roadside bombs kill 18 policemen in Egypt's Sinai 12 Sep 2017 - 10:09 am

CAIRO: At least 18 Egyptian security personnel were killed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday when their vehicles struck a series of roadside...

Iraq sends troops to recapture IS-held city in Anbar 12 Sep 2017 - 10:03 am

ANBAR, Iraq: Military reinforcements have been sent to the outskirts of the city of Anah in Iraq’s western Anbar province in advance of...

Russia urges UN to ramp up aid to Syrians 11 Sep 2017 - 12:19 pm

Moscow: Russia on Monday urged UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to ramp up humanitarian aid, as Moscow said it would...

Russia sends group of military experts for demining in Syria 11 Sep 2017 - 10:58 am

Moscow: Experts from the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces have been sent to Syria's Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Defense...

Iraq rights panel to sue US coalition over Mosul deaths 11 Sep 2017 - 10:41 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s official human rights commission (affiliated with Iraq’s parliament) plans to sue a U.S.-led military coalition which it blames for the death...

Occupation forces arrest 6 Palestinians in West Bank 11 Sep 2017 - 10:16 am

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces on Sunday arrested six Palestinians from various areas in the occupied West Bank after raiding and searching their homes....

Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria's Deir al-Zor - Interfax 11 Sep 2017 - 08:50 am

MOSCOW: Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria's Deir al-Zor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia's Defence Ministry as...

Al Shabaab storms Somali border town, kills 24 Somali soldiers -spokesman, residents 11 Sep 2017 - 08:10 am

MOGADISHU: Heavy fighting erupted on Monday in the Somali border town of Balad Hawo near Kenya after Al Shabaab detonated a suicide car...

Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque 11 Sep 2017 - 02:02 am

Occupied Jerusalem: Around 100 settlers and 20 students from the “Talmudic” institutes stormed Al Aqsa Mosque yesterday through Al Magarba gate under tight...

Syrian Democratic Forces say reach Deir al-Zor industrial zone 10 Sep 2017 - 03:00 pm

BEIRUT: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces Alliance reached an industrial zone miles to the east of Deir al-Zor city in rapid advances against...

On the banks of the Tigris, a refuge for Iraqi readers 10 Sep 2017 - 02:27 pm

Baghdad: Sitting in the green grass under a bright Baghdad sun, Iraqi men and women bury their heads in romance novels, essay collections...

The siege broken, Deir Ezzor Syrians prepare for pizza 10 Sep 2017 - 08:16 am

Deir Ezzor, Syria: Haitham al-Ahmad has been busy dusting down kitchen appliances ahead of the grand reopening of his pizza place, after government...