World / Middle East

Turkey rebuilds 9 mosques in Gaza 15 Nov 2016 - 01:29 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's Religious Affairs Presidency Foundation has rebuilt nine mosques destroyed during Israel’s military onslaught on the blockaded Gaza Strip in 2014, an...

7 Iraqi refugees burnt to death in Kirkuk 15 Nov 2016 - 01:26 pm

SALADIN, Iraq: Seven Iraqi refugees were burnt to death Monday in the northern province of Kirkuk, according to an Iraqi official. A tent...

Egypt court overturns Morsi death sentence 15 Nov 2016 - 01:22 pm

Cairo: An Egyptian appeals court has overturned a death sentence handed down against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in one of several trials...

Iraq says Islamic State dislodged from a third of eastern Mosul 15 Nov 2016 - 01:15 pm

QAYYARA, Iraq: Iraqi forces have dislodged Islamic State from one third of the eastern side of Mosul, an interior ministry spokesman said on...

Turkey can be key partner, says Pakistan's top diplomat 15 Nov 2016 - 12:35 pm

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Shared policies and mutual challenges could make Turkey and Pakistan ideal partners to push for peace in Afghanistan and elsewhere in...

2 Free Syrian Army fighters die in northern Syria clash 15 Nov 2016 - 12:15 pm

ANKARA: Two Syrian opposition fighters died and seven others were injured during clashes in northern Syria on Monday, the Turkish military said in...

Six migrants dead, 550 saved off the coast of Libya 15 Nov 2016 - 12:02 pm

Rome: Six bodies were found and about 550 migrants were saved in search and rescue operations off the coast of Libya, the SOS...

Suicide bombings kill 9 in Iraq’s Fallujah 15 Nov 2016 - 11:27 am

ANBAR, Iraq: Nine people were killed and 26 others injured late Monday in two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic Stete group in Iraq’s...

Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours 15 Nov 2016 - 10:37 am

BEIRUT: An air strike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in...

Battle with IS leaves melting pot Iraq town in ruins 14 Nov 2016 - 08:38 pm

Bashiqa, Iraq: Dilshad Salim stares in disbelief at the devastated ruins of his hometown Bashiqa in northern Iraq several days after Kurdish forces...

Islamic State ousted from Yazidi villages west of Mosul:Kurdish-Yazidi force 14 Nov 2016 - 08:32 pm

ERBIL: A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged Islamic State (IS) militants from five Yazidi villages west...

Shaves at barber’s, corpses in streets as Islamic State retreats in Mosul 14 Nov 2016 - 08:08 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: The only shop to open so far after the army fought its way into the Intisar district of eastern Mosul is...

Right-wing leader Naftali Bennett: Under Trump, Israel can “reset” Middle East 14 Nov 2016 - 06:47 pm

JERUSALEM: Donald Trump’s election as the next U.S. president presents Israel with a unique opportunity to recast its Middle East policies, a far-right...

In Iraq, Syrian Kurds long to return home to fight Islamic State 14 Nov 2016 - 05:56 pm

BASHIQA, Iraq: Days after helping to capture the Iraqi town of Bashiqa northeast of Mosul, Syrian Kurdish fighters walk proudly past the corpses...

Turkey's Erdogan warns of EU bid referendum next year 14 Nov 2016 - 05:51 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the EU on Monday to make a decision by year's end on his nation's stalled bid...

Israel court sticks to deadline for controversial settlement 14 Nov 2016 - 05:11 pm

Jerusalem: Israel's high court Monday rejected a government bid to delay the evacuation of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank...

Heavy pollution shuts schools in Tehran 14 Nov 2016 - 05:00 pm

Tehran: Iran shut schools and apologised to tourists Monday as its cities were hit by choking levels of air pollution. A blanket of...

Hashd militia starts 3rd phase of campaign east of Mosul 14 Nov 2016 - 04:43 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: Shia militiamen on Monday, in coordination with the Iraqi army's Joint Operations Command, launched the third phase of an ongoing operation...