World / Middle East

Fire kills girl at Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon 04 Jul 2017 - 03:07 pm

BEIRUT: A fire caused by an electrical malfunction killed a girl at a Syrian refugee camp in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley overnight, a...

5th round Syria peace talks gets underway in Kazakhstan 04 Jul 2017 - 10:36 am

ANKARA: The fifth round of peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict began Tuesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov...

Suicide bombing kills 23 in Iraq’s Mosul 04 Jul 2017 - 10:25 am

NINEVEH, Iraq: Twenty-three people, including 10 women and five children were killed in suspected Islamic State suicide bombings in Mosul’s Old City on...

US-backed forces in Syria breach wall of Old City of Raqa 04 Jul 2017 - 10:07 am

Washington: US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the city from...

Falling food prices drag Turkish inflation lower 04 Jul 2017 - 12:13 am

Ankara: Turkish inflation cooled for the second straight month in June, data showed yesterday, as a drop in food prices led to a...

Occupation forces storm several towns in Hebron 03 Jul 2017 - 01:05 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces stormed on Monday several towns in Hebron, South of the West Bank. According to Palestine News Agency (WAFA) that...

Iraq: 14 killed in suicide bomb attack in Anbar 03 Jul 2017 - 12:30 pm

ANBAR, Iraq: At least 14 people were killed and 13 others were injured Sunday in a suicide attack blamed on IS, a police...

Egypt sentences 20 to death for 'violence' 03 Jul 2017 - 12:17 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 20 people to death in a retrial in connection with violence that took place in 2013,...

Assad appears on Syrian currency for first time 02 Jul 2017 - 07:04 pm

BEIRUT: President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian currency for the first time, his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that...

Iraqis prepare to celebrate Mosul victory blocks away from raging battles 02 Jul 2017 - 06:20 pm

MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq: Iraqis prepared on Sunday to celebrate an expected victory over Islamic State in Mosul, just blocks away from battles raging in...

4 killed as fire hits Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon 02 Jul 2017 - 03:11 pm

BEIRUT: Four Syrian refugees were killed on Sunday when a fire tore through a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. A security source...

79 ISIS militants killed in Mosuls old city 02 Jul 2017 - 01:48 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi government forces on Sunday recaptured more areas and killed 79 ISIS militants in Mosuls Old City as they pushed to the...

18 killed as car bombers strike Damascus 02 Jul 2017 - 01:05 pm

Damascus: A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus on Sunday, with a monitor reporting 18 killed...

Iraq forces retake hospital near Mosul's Old City 02 Jul 2017 - 01:01 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces have recaptured a hospital and other medical facilities in west Mosul, further isolating Islamic State group holdouts in the...

Occupation forces detain 7 Palestinians 02 Jul 2017 - 12:46 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces detained Sunday seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In Ramallah, the occupation forces detained freed prisoner Khalida Jarar,...

Over 5,000 civilians killed in Syria in 2017: Watchdog 02 Jul 2017 - 10:44 am

ANKARA: More than 5,000 civilians were killed in civil war-torn Syria in the first six months of 2017, according to a London-based NGO....

Syrian regime used chlorine in E. Ghouta: Opposition 02 Jul 2017 - 10:40 am

ANKARA: Over 30 opposition fighters have been affected as Syrian regime conducted a chlorine gas attack in Eastern Ghouta region of capital Damascus,...