World / Middle East

Syrian rebels bombard Aleppo airbase before offensive-rebel, monitor 28 Oct 2016 - 10:38 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels launched Grad rockets at Aleppo's Nairab air base on Friday, part of their preparations for a new offensive aimed at...

Rebel shelling kills children at school in west Aleppo: government, monitor 28 Oct 2016 - 09:43 am

BEIRUT: Shelling by Syrian rebels killed several children at a school in government-held western Aleppo on Thursday, state media and a monitoring group...

Residents of Iraq town want answers on deadly strike 27 Oct 2016 - 10:42 pm

Daquq, Iraq: Residents of the Iraqi town of Daquq on Thursday demanded answers about who is responsible for an air strike on a...

Turkey says gives US new documents on Gulen extradition request 27 Oct 2016 - 10:23 pm

WASHINGTON: Turkey has handed over to the U.S. Justice Department further documents to back its request for the extradition of U.S.-based Muslim cleric...

Yazidi survivors of Islamic State torture win Europe rights prize 27 Oct 2016 - 06:05 pm

Strasbourg, France: Two Yazidi women who survived a nightmare ordeal of kidnapping, rape and slavery at the hands of Islamic State jihadists won...

Peshmerga forces will not enter Mosul: Kurdish leader 27 Oct 2016 - 04:03 pm

ERBIL, Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces will not enter Mosul, Masoud Barzani, president of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said Thursday, pledging to...

Rebel fire kills 6 children in Aleppo 27 Oct 2016 - 03:24 pm

Damascus: At least six children were killed and 15 injured in rebel rocket attacks in the government-held west of Aleppo city on Thursday,...

Iraqis search for loved ones at camp for displaced 27 Oct 2016 - 03:17 pm

Khazir, Iraq: Leaning against his car, Massud Ismail Hassan peers through the chain-link fence surrounding a camp for Iraqi civilians fleeing the assault...

5 PKK terrorists 'neutralized' in SE Turkey 27 Oct 2016 - 02:55 pm

ANKARA: Five PKK terrorists have been "neutralized" in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, the military said Thursday. In a statement, the Turkish General Staff...

Russia says has nothing to do with strike on Syria school 27 Oct 2016 - 02:44 pm

Moscow: Russia said Thursday it had nothing to do with air strikes on a school in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province that killed 22...

Erdogan says Turkish military operation will target Raqa 27 Oct 2016 - 02:16 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the military operation supporting Syrian opposition fighters in northern Syria will target the IS-held...

U.N. peace plan for Yemen appears to sideline exiled president 27 Oct 2016 - 02:09 pm

SANAA: A U.N. peace proposal to end a 19-month war in Yemen appears aimed at sidelining exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and setting...

Rebel fire kills 3 Aleppo school children 27 Oct 2016 - 01:42 pm

Damascus: At least three children were killed and 14 injured in a rebel rocket attack on a school in the government-held west of...

Israeli soldiers arrest nine Palestinians in West Bank 27 Oct 2016 - 12:41 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces arrested on Thursday nine Palestinians from different areas of the West Bank. Israeli soldiers invaded today morning the town...

US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul offensive 27 Oct 2016 - 12:19 pm

Baghdad: A US general told AFP on Thursday that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led...

Erdogan, Obama discuss fight against ISIS 27 Oct 2016 - 11:43 am

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Barack Obama emphasized their determination to continue to fight ISIS especially in Syria and...

Turkey: Arrest warrants issued for 73 army pilots 27 Oct 2016 - 11:38 am

KONYA, Turkey: Warrants have been issued early Thursday for 73 Turkish army pilots in an anti-terror investigation, security sources said. According to a...