By Saleha Allam CAIRO: The Egyptian Press Syndicate in Cairo decided to lower its flag and replace it with black banners, just days...
By Saleha Allam CAIRO: The Egyptian Press Syndicate in Cairo decided to lower its flag and replace it with black banners, just days...
TEHRAN: More than 300 Iranian academics have sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani criticizing the “army’s intervention in politics”, according to Iran-based...
Iraqi soldiers fire artillery towards Islamic State positions from a location outside Makhmour, Iraq. (Alice Martins / The Washington Post) By Loveday Morris...
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters observe the front line with Islamic State, in Gwar, northern Iraq September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo Washington: The Islamic...
Abu Ammar leader in Ahrar al-Sham Syrian opposition group By Levent Tok and Selen Temizer ALEPPO, Syria: The deputy commander of the Ahrar...
BEIRUT: The death toll from rebel shelling of government-held areas of Aleppo on Tuesday climbed to at least 19 people including three children,...
STUTTGART, Germany: A U.S. servicemember has been killed in northern Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday. "It is a combat...
ANKARA: Turkish warplanes hit targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Monday evening, killing 18 militants, military sources...
Palestinians inspect the apartment of Palestinian assailant Zaid Amer, who is held in an Israeli prison, after it was destroyed by Israeli troops...
ANKARA: Greek Cypriots will no longer require visas to visit Turkey under an EU-Turkey agreement on visa liberalisation but this does not amount...
BEIRUT: Fighting and government shelling erupted east of Damascus overnight on Tuesday despite a temporary truce announced by the Syrian army in that...
File photo of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir. AFP Geneva: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir warned of the danger of the situations...
BEIRUT: More than 35 air strikes hit Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria overnight, killing at least 13 people and wounding many...
K Party and pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers scuffle during a debate at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey late April 27, 2016....
File photo of PKK militants. AFP ISTANBUL: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) mililtants armed with rocket launchers and rifles attacked a military outpost in...
A billboard in one of the African nations. Berlin: Ordinary people feel that corruption has worsened in nine Arab countries and territories over...
Riyadh: Saudi women tying the knot will now get a copy of their marriage contracts, a privilege that has been exclusive to men...
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech during the ceremony of receiving the Olympic torch at the UN Office at Geneva,...
