World / Middle East

Palestinian shot, hurt in alleged W. Bank knife attack 26 Apr 2017 - 12:27 pm

NABLUS, Palestine: A Palestinian man was shot and seriously injured by Israeli forces on Tuesday following an alleged knife attack in the occupied...

Greek court rejects 3 Turkish ex-soldiers' extradition 26 Apr 2017 - 12:15 pm

ATHENS: The Greek Court of Appeals ruled against the extradition of three Turkish ex-soldiers on Tuesday who were allegedly involved in the July...

Death toll in Turkish raids on Syria Kurds hits 28: monitor 26 Apr 2017 - 10:41 am

Beirut: The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said Wednesday, a day...

Turkey detains 803 people for alleged links to failed coup - security sources 26 Apr 2017 - 10:36 am

ANKARA: Turkish authorities detained 800 people overnight suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, security sources said on Wednesday, in one of...

Turkish jets kill senior PKK member in northern Iraq 26 Apr 2017 - 09:57 am

ANKARA: Turkish Armed Forces jets killed a senior terrorist PKK member in northern Iraq last Saturday, according to local security sources. Three terrorists...

IS terrorises Mosul civilians as Iraq forces advance 25 Apr 2017 - 09:03 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a desperate bid...

'March for bread' protesters reach key Yemen port 25 Apr 2017 - 09:02 pm

Hodeidah, Yemen: Yemeni protesters reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida Tuesday, ending a week-long march from the capital to demand that the...

Turkish strikes kill Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq 25 Apr 2017 - 08:45 pm

AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria: Turkish warplanes killed more than two dozen Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

Countries pledge $1.1bn to avert Yemen famine 25 Apr 2017 - 08:28 pm

Geneva: Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn Yemen at a...

Sudan union wants Egyptian journalists expelled 25 Apr 2017 - 08:16 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's pro-government journalists' union on Tuesday urged Khartoum to expel Egyptian reporters from the country after Cairo refused entry to two Sudanese...

Iraq forces retake large Mosul neighbourhood from Islamic State 25 Apr 2017 - 03:09 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces retook full control of one the largest neighbourhoods of west Mosul Tuesday from the Islamic State group after a...

Air strikes kill at least 12, damage hospital in Syria's Idlib 25 Apr 2017 - 12:04 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian or Russian air strikes killed more than a dozen people and severely damaged a hospital in and around a town in...

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq, northeast Syria 25 Apr 2017 - 11:47 am

ANKARA: Turkish Armed Forces hit terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria on early Tuesday, the military said. In a statement,...

US sanctions 271 Syria state workers after chem attack 25 Apr 2017 - 11:22 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. on Monday sanctioned 271 employees of Syria's state-run Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) following a deadly chemical attack in...

Iran nuclear deal reviewed as uncertainty grows 25 Apr 2017 - 10:45 am

Vienna: Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement on Tuesday, as uncertainty grows about the landmark...

US blacklists 271 Syrian chemists, other experts over sarin attack 25 Apr 2017 - 09:47 am

Washington: The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist Monday, punishing them for their presumed role in...

Turkish military says struck PKK targets in Iraq's Sinjar, northeastern Syria 25 Apr 2017 - 08:07 am

ISTANBUL: The Turkish military said on Tuesday that it has carried out air strikes against Kurdish militant PKK targets near Iraq's Sinjar mountains...

US-backed forces enter major Islamic State-held Syria town Tabqa 24 Apr 2017 - 06:03 pm

Beirut: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces penetrated the Islamic State group's bastion of Tabqa in northern Syria on Monday, overrunning territory in the...