World / Middle East

Syrian rebels push back against army advances in Idlib 27 Aug 2019 - 06:06 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels on Tuesday launched a wide-scale attack against a five-month Russia-backed Syrian army campaign aiming to take back the opposition's last...

Libyan navy: 5 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes 27 Aug 2019 - 03:29 pm

CAIRO: Libya's coast guard says it has retrieved at least five bodies from a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants that capsized in...

Syria Kurds say fighters start pullback from Turkish border 27 Aug 2019 - 03:10 pm

Qamishli, Syria: The Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria said Tuesday their forces had started to withdraw from outposts along the Turkish border after...

Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let's talk 27 Aug 2019 - 02:55 pm

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran,...

Russia, Turkey balance interests amid Idlib offensive 27 Aug 2019 - 02:35 pm

Beirut: A Moscow-backed regime offensive in northwest Syria is undermining an arrangement by Russia and Turkey for the anti-government bastion, but their own...

Iran's Rouhani says no talks with US until sanctions lifted 27 Aug 2019 - 09:24 am

DUBAI: Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday,...

Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floods 26 Aug 2019 - 08:01 pm

Wad Ramli, Sudan: Days after a devastating flood swallowed up his village, Alsediq Abdelqader bulled his truck through the waters in a desperate...

Lebanon: Israeli air force hits Palestinian base in Lebanon 26 Aug 2019 - 05:16 pm

BEIRUT: Israeli drones bombed a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early Monday amid rising tensions in the Middle...

Lebanon's Aoun says Israeli drone strikes like a declaration or war 26 Aug 2019 - 04:49 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Monday his country had a right to defend itself after Israeli drone strikes that were like...

Israeli PM cuts Gaza fuel transfers amid flurry of threats 26 Aug 2019 - 03:10 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military on Monday to cut fuel transfers to Gaza in half, in response to rocket...

Syria activists: Strikes kill 4, including woman, her child 26 Aug 2019 - 03:02 pm

BEIRUT: Airstrikes targeted Syria's last major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Idlib on Monday, killing at least four people, including a...

Iran says it has sold oil from tanker released by Gibraltar 26 Aug 2019 - 11:35 am

GENEVA: Iran has sold the oil from a tanker released by Gibraltar after weeks in the custody of British Royal Marines and the...

Iran president makes case for talks as G7 gambit slammed 26 Aug 2019 - 10:45 am

Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani came out strongly in favour of talks Monday as his top diplomat came under fire from hardline media...

Three rockets fired from Gaza into Israel: army 25 Aug 2019 - 11:16 pm

Jerusalem: Three rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday, the Israeli army said. "Three launches were identified from the Gaza...

Iran's Zarif leaves G7 talks, unclear if progress made to ease tensions 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm

BIARRITZ, France: Iran's foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit on Sunday, as Paris ramped...

2 Israeli drones crash over Beirut, Hezbollah denies firing 25 Aug 2019 - 03:52 pm

BEIRUT: Two Israeli drones crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital overnight, Lebanese and Hezbollah officials said Sunday, saying the first...

Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir Middle East tensions 25 Aug 2019 - 02:50 pm

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones which crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah were...