World / Middle East

Satellite operator drops Hezbollah TV 06 Apr 2016 - 10:23 am

Beirut: A leading Arab satellite operator cut transmission of Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar on Wednesday amid soaring tensions between the Lebanese Shiite group's...

Italy ups pressure over student murder as Egypt sends probe team to Rome 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Giulio Regeni Rome: Italy has upped its pressure on Egypt over slain student Giulio Regeni, warning it would not accept a "fabricated" account...

Kerry: Syria talks to test if Assad can negotiate in good faith 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“The key right now is whether Assad is capable of negotiating in good faith, and we have to put that to the test,”...

Tripoli authorities cede power to Libyan unity government: statement 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Abdulrahman Taweel head of security arrangements for Libyas Government of National Accord speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli, Libya, March 31,...

Erdogan proposes stripping Kurdish rebel supporters of Turkish citizenship 05 Apr 2016 - 05:06 pm

"We must take all measures, including stripping supporters of the terrorist organisation of their citizenship," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a...

21 Palestinians detained in extensive raids across West Bank and Jerusalem 05 Apr 2016 - 04:30 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli forces launched a wide-scale predawn detention campaign across the occupied Palestinian territory on Tuesday, detaining at least 21 Palestinians including...

AU mission says several al Shabaab commanders killed in Somalia 05 Apr 2016 - 04:13 pm

MOGADISHU: African Union peacekeepers and Somali government troops have killed several senior figures in the al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al Shabaab in...

Syria rebels edge towards key IS-held town Dabiq: monitor 05 Apr 2016 - 04:03 pm

Syrian opponents attack Daesh terrorist organization's positions near al-Ahmar village of Azaz City in Aleppo, Syria on April 5, 2016. ( Hüseyin Nas?r...

Lebanese security apprehends man over ISIS links 05 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Beirut: Lebanese General Security on Tuesday arrested a Lebanese national over affiliation to ISIS group. After investigations, the arrestee confessed affiliation to ISIS...

UN Libya envoy meets unity government after arriving in Tripoli 05 Apr 2016 - 02:51 pm

Tripoli: The UN Libya envoy met the new unity government Tuesday on his first visit to the conflict-torn country since prime minister designate...

Syria rebels down regime plane, capture pilot 05 Apr 2016 - 02:10 pm

Aleppo, Syria: Al-Nusra Front shot down a government warplane over the town of Al-Eis in northern Syria on Tuesday and captured one crew...

Egypt delegation to present results of student murder probe in Italy 05 Apr 2016 - 01:42 pm

File photo of protests outside Egypt Embassy in Rome show demonstrators holding Italian flag with photos of Giulio Regeni. AFP Cairo: A delegation...

In Syria, attack on Kurdish neighborhood in Aleppo kills 9 05 Apr 2016 - 01:41 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state media and an activist group say militant shelling of a predominantly Kurdish neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo has...

Armenian shell falls in Iran amid Karabakh clashes: report 05 Apr 2016 - 01:32 pm

Armenian artillery position of the self-defense army of Nagorno-Karabakh in Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 03 April 2016. According to media reports, dozens have died...

406 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan 05 Apr 2016 - 01:27 pm

Amman: A total of 406 new Syrian refugees from various age groups, crossed into Jordan during the last 24 hours, a military source...

Turkey says 78 Syrian migrants sent to Germany under EU deal 05 Apr 2016 - 01:05 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) speak during the Turkish Red Crescent ordinary general meeting at...