World / Middle East

In Canada, Syrian refugees cope with day-to-day life 04 Dec 2016 - 12:38 pm

Laval, Canada: Welcomed with open arms -- some even received coats from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself -- the Syrian refugees who arrived...

Kurdish curbs harm recovery of Iraq Yazidis: rights group 04 Dec 2016 - 12:25 pm

Arbil, Iraq: Kurdish restrictions on the movement of goods are harming the recovery of Iraq's Yazidi minority, which was targeted for genocide by...

No more room for the dead as Syria's Aleppo is crushed 04 Dec 2016 - 11:34 am

BEIRUT: The old Aleppo cemetery filled up a year ago. The new one filled up last week. Now the dead are left in...

First buses take Aleppo residents back to abandoned homes 04 Dec 2016 - 08:47 am

Aleppo, Syria: For much of the past four years, taking a bus between the two sides of Syria's divided second city Aleppo meant...

Yemen forces prepare assault on rebels near key strait 03 Dec 2016 - 06:36 pm

Aden: Yemeni government forces have sent reinforcements to the Red Sea coast to drive Iran-backed rebels away from a key global shipping route,...

No solution for Aleppo without negotiations: EU, UN 03 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm

Rome: Top EU and UN diplomats warned on Saturday that there could be no victory in the battle for the Syrian city of...

Mosul residents fear cold and hunger of winter siege 03 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm

BAGHDAD: No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the onset of rain and cold weather threatens a tough...

Egypt's court rules part of protest law unconstitutional 03 Dec 2016 - 02:32 pm

Cairo: Egypt's top court has struck down part of a law that allowed authorities to ban all but officially sanctioned protests, a court...

IS attack breaches militiamen's defenses in northern Iraq 03 Dec 2016 - 01:54 pm

BAGHDAD: An official from Iraq's state-sanctioned Shiite militias says Islamic State militants have breached their defenses at a village west of the northern...

Intense Syrian bombing of besieged Aleppo, troops advance 03 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: Syrian warplanes, artillery and mortar rounds have pounded areas in the eastern rebel-held Aleppo enclave, killing at least three, according to...

Syria army retakes over half of rebel east Aleppo 03 Dec 2016 - 01:33 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Syria's army advanced overnight deeper into east Aleppo where it now controls more than half of the former rebel stronghold after...

Islamic State: Raqqah Leader is invited to Iraq to “choose a successor to Baghdadi.” 03 Dec 2016 - 01:25 pm

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received confirmed information from several reliable sources that the leadership of the “Islamic State” in Iraq have...

Morocco sacks high security officials over ‘violations’ 03 Dec 2016 - 12:35 pm

RABAT: Several senior Moroccan security officials were dismissed -- while others were referred to disciplinary action -- for committing "professional violations", Morocco's National...

Iran's supreme court upholds tycoon's death sentence for graft 03 Dec 2016 - 12:20 pm

DUBAI: Iran's supreme court has upheld the death penalty against Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani for corruption, the judiciary said on Saturday, a sentence...

Nations set to approve heritage protection fund 03 Dec 2016 - 12:03 pm

Abu Dhabi: Representatives of around 40 countries are expected to approve on Saturday establishing a fund to protect heritage sites in conflict-ravaged areas...

Turkey, Lebanon call for immediate Syria ceasefire 03 Dec 2016 - 11:34 am

BEIRUT: The Turkish and Lebanese foreign ministers on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria. Speaking at a joint press conference with...

Father of baby killed in bombing calls PKK inhuman 03 Dec 2016 - 11:25 am

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: The father of the 4-month-old boy killed in a PKK bomb blast condemned the perpetrators as “not human beings” on Friday....

Turkey criticizes Greek minister's remarks on Erdogan 03 Dec 2016 - 11:21 am

ANKARA: Turkey slammed Friday the Greek defense minister's recent remarks targeted at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling on Panos Kammenos to act in...