World / Middle East

U.N. deeply concerned as exodus from Aleppo grows 20 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki fighters walk near damaged buildings in Handarat area, north of Aleppo, Syria, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail GENEVA: The...

Obama meets King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit 20 Apr 2016 - 02:57 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace upon his...

Two Syrian Kurdish security forces killed by government forces 20 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Picture from Qamishli in north-east Syria via twitter BEIRUT: Two members of the Syrian Kurdish security force, known as the Asayish, were killed...

Australian TV crew, mother held in Lebanon to be released 20 Apr 2016 - 02:02 pm

Lebanese policemen surround Australian TV presenter Tara Brown while escorting her from a Lebanese courthouse to Baabda Prison for women, in Baabda east...

Agreement struck to let people out of Syrian towns, Al-Manar says 20 Apr 2016 - 10:59 am

File picture of a Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy heading towards the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya in Idlib province, Syria. Reuters ...

Kuwait oil workers call off strike, return to work 20 Apr 2016 - 10:33 am

Kuwaiti oil workers sit at the union's headquarters in Al-Ahmadi on April 19, 2016, on the third day of the strike. AFP /...

Yemen rebels say to join delayed peace talks in Kuwait 20 Apr 2016 - 10:20 am

File picture used for representation. Reuters Sanaa: Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies have agreed to join delayed UN-brokered peace talks in...

Turkey kills 32 IS fighters in Iraq after attack on tank 20 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: The Turkish army killed 32 suspected fighters from the Islamic State group in northern Iraq on Tuesday following an attack on one...

Rocket attack kills three Egypt policemen in Sinai 19 Apr 2016 - 06:59 pm

Cairo: Three Egyptian riot policemen were killed Tuesday in a rocket attack on their convoy in the Sinai Peninsula, where authorities are fighting...

Syria opposition says delegation leaders leaving Geneva 19 Apr 2016 - 06:31 pm

Riad Hijab, head of the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee and former Prime Minister of Syria, speaks to the press during his press...

Turkey wants coalition help at Syrian border as IS rockets pummel town 19 Apr 2016 - 05:47 pm

A man carries an injured child on April 18,2016 in Kilis, after four rockets fired from Syria, slammed into the southern Turkish town...

Air strikes in opposition-held northwest Syria kill at least 40 19 Apr 2016 - 05:30 pm

Picture source: mmc Maarat al-Numan news center BEIRUT: Air strikes in opposition-held northwest Syria killed at least 40 people and wounded around 80 ...

GCC ministers attend Saudi Tweeps forum 19 Apr 2016 - 03:58 pm

RIYADH: Five ministers from GCC countries including Qatari State Minister for Defense H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Atiyyah attended “Tweeps 2016” forum...

Abu Dhabi to build $1 billion Warner Bros. theme park 19 Apr 2016 - 03:01 pm

LONDON: An Abu Dhabi firm will build a $1 billion theme park with U.S. entertainment company Warner Bros. in the emirate, Miral Asset...

Three more rockets hit Turkish town near Syrian border 19 Apr 2016 - 02:57 pm

A damaged house is seen after rocket projectiles hit the roof of an house in Kilis, Turkey on April 18, 2016. Kerem Kocalar...

'EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs EU': Erdogan 19 Apr 2016 - 02:47 pm

Ankara: The European Union needs Turkey more than Ankara needs the bloc, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, denouncing a new European...

US leads 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria 19 Apr 2016 - 02:32 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies staged 17 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and one in Syria on Monday in the...

Syrian army mounts attack in northwest, Idlib bombarded 19 Apr 2016 - 02:26 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power launched a counter-attack against rebels in the northwestern province of Latakia, a rebel group...