World / Middle East

Istanbul airport prepares for inauguration 25 Oct 2018 - 05:56 pm

Istanbul: Final preparations were underway Thursday at the new international airport in Istanbul, four days ahead of its inauguration by President Recep Tayyip...

Russia planning Syria summit with Turkey, Iran: Lavrov 24 Oct 2018 - 02:33 pm

MOSCOW: Kremlin on Wednesday circulated a proposal to hold a new round of a summit meeting on Syria between Russian, Turkish and Iranian...

Turkey detains Swedish citizen over alleged PKK links: state media 24 Oct 2018 - 12:03 pm

Ankara, Turkey has detained a Swedish man over suspected links to Kurdish militants in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, state media reported. The...

Want to run an Iraqi ministry? Apply online, PM says 23 Oct 2018 - 09:47 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister-designate is making good on a campaign promise to bring new faces into the government. To form his Cabinet, Adel...

Lebanon's Hariri says he is still working to form government 22 Oct 2018 - 02:33 pm

BEIRUT: Efforts to form a new Lebanese government after months of negotiation remain "on their way to a solution", prime minister designate Saad...

Palestinian attacks Israeli soldier in Hebron, is shot dead: army 22 Oct 2018 - 11:48 am

Jerusalem, A Palestinian man attacked an Israeli soldier near a holy site in the southern West Bank city of Hebron before being shot...

Two dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast 22 Oct 2018 - 10:40 am

Ankara, Two people died on Monday after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey's southwestern coast, the Turkish coastguard said. Seventeen others...

Six Sweida hostages freed from Islamic State - Syrian state media, Observatory 20 Oct 2018 - 11:16 am

BEIRUT, Six hostages were freed on Saturday from Islamic State, which has held several women and children captive since it attacked Syria's Sweida...

At least 130 Gazans hit by Israeli gunfire: Palestinian ministry 20 Oct 2018 - 02:50 am

Gaza City: At least 130 Palestinians were hit by Israeli gunfire Friday as thousands protested near Gaza's border with Israel, the health ministry...

Egyptian mediators race to restore calm in Gaza 17 Oct 2018 - 09:18 pm

Gaza CITY: A high-level Egyptian delegation on Wednesday held urgent talks with Gaza's Hamas rulers, seeking to restore calm after a rocket from...

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket fire 17 Oct 2018 - 09:02 am

Jerusalem, Israel launched raids against targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory that caused...

At least 6 killed as train derails in Morocco 16 Oct 2018 - 04:14 pm

RABAT, Morocco: A Moroccan official says at least six people have been killed and dozens are injured in a passenger train derailment. Abdellatif...

Moscow says Syria buffer going ahead despite missed deadline 16 Oct 2018 - 02:55 pm

Beirut: A day after jihadists missed a deadline under a demilitarisation deal for Syria's Idlib, key powerbroker Russia said the deal was still...

Iranian border guards kidnapped on border with Pakistan - IRNA 16 Oct 2018 - 09:50 am

LONDON, Fourteen Iranian border guards were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, an official was quoted as saying by state news...

At Golan crossing reopening, Druze hope to see family soon 16 Oct 2018 - 12:41 am

Quneitra Crossing, Syria: For seven years, Sheikh Mahmud al-Taweel had been unable to see relatives living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But with...

Clashes in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon wound 6 15 Oct 2018 - 08:24 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese security officials say clashes between rival Palestinian factions in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon wounded at least six people. The...

Turkey's diplomatic success protects 4m people in Idlib 15 Oct 2018 - 04:23 pm

ANKARA: Some four million civilians taking shelter in Syria's Idlib province -- with Turkey's efforts -- have been protected from a possible massacre...